I don't often terminal into the UnRaid server unless I'm changing something or troubleshooting.  I stumbled upon this and was immediately curious.  Running the below command on the root directory reveals there are 3380 gun zip archive files stored right at the root directory level which is highly unusual for any Linux machine I've ever managed.  Is this something I should clean up or is it a bug?  I don't work with .gz files for anything I script so this wasn't caused by me directly.  I'll crack open a handful of the files to see if there's anything fishy going on.  Meanwhile I'm posting this to see if there is anything known about this.

 

root@TrumpIsNotSmart:/# ls -1q *.gz | wc -l
3380

 

This is one of many pages captured to reveal the file names found in this pile of .gz stuffs

ACCESS_DESCRIPTION_free.3.gz@                     OpenSSL_add_ssl_algorithms.3.gz@
ACCESS_DESCRIPTION_new.3.gz@                      OpenSSL_version.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_free.3.gz@                             OpenSSL_version_num.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_get0_admissionAuthority.3.gz@          PBE2PARAM_free.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_get0_namingAuthority.3.gz@             PBE2PARAM_new.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_get0_professionInfos.3.gz@             PBEPARAM_free.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_new.3.gz@                              PBEPARAM_new.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_set0_admissionAuthority.3.gz@          PBKDF2PARAM_free.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_set0_namingAuthority.3.gz@             PBKDF2PARAM_new.3.gz@
ADMISSIONS_set0_professionInfos.3.gz@             PEM_FLAG_EAY_COMPATIBLE.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX.3.gz@                            PEM_FLAG_ONLY_B64.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX_free.3.gz@                       PEM_FLAG_SECURE.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX_get0_admissionAuthority.3.gz@    PEM_bytes_read_bio_secmem.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX_get0_contentsOfAdmissions.3.gz@  PEM_do_header.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX_new.3.gz@                        PEM_get_EVP_CIPHER_INFO.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX_set0_admissionAuthority.3.gz@    PEM_read_DHparams.3.gz@
ADMISSION_SYNTAX_set0_contentsOfAdmissions.3.gz@  PEM_read_DSAPrivateKey.3.gz@
ASIdOrRange_free.3.gz@                            PEM_read_DSA_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASIdOrRange_new.3.gz@                             PEM_read_DSAparams.3.gz@
ASIdentifierChoice_free.3.gz@                     PEM_read_ECPKParameters.3.gz@
ASIdentifierChoice_new.3.gz@                      PEM_read_ECPrivateKey.3.gz@
ASIdentifiers_free.3.gz@                          PEM_read_EC_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASIdentifiers_new.3.gz@                           PEM_read_NETSCAPE_CERT_SEQUENCE.3.gz@
ASN1_ENUMERATED_get.3.gz@                         PEM_read_PKCS7.3.gz@
ASN1_ENUMERATED_get_int64.3.gz@                   PEM_read_PKCS8.3.gz@
ASN1_ENUMERATED_set.3.gz@                         PEM_read_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO.3.gz@
ASN1_ENUMERATED_set_int64.3.gz@                   PEM_read_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASN1_ENUMERATED_to_BN.3.gz@                       PEM_read_PrivateKey.3.gz@
ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_adj.3.gz@                    PEM_read_RSAPrivateKey.3.gz@
ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_check.3.gz@                  PEM_read_RSAPublicKey.3.gz@
ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_print.3.gz@                  PEM_read_RSA_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set.3.gz@                    PEM_read_SSL_SESSION.3.gz@
ASN1_GENERALIZEDTIME_set_string.3.gz@             PEM_read_X509.3.gz@
ASN1_INTEGER_get.3.gz@                            PEM_read_X509_AUX.3.gz@
ASN1_INTEGER_get_uint64.3.gz@                     PEM_read_X509_CRL.3.gz@
ASN1_INTEGER_set.3.gz@                            PEM_read_X509_REQ.3.gz@
ASN1_INTEGER_set_int64.3.gz@                      PEM_read_bio.3.gz@
ASN1_INTEGER_set_uint64.3.gz@                     PEM_read_bio_CMS.3.gz@
ASN1_INTEGER_to_BN.3.gz@                          PEM_read_bio_DHparams.3.gz@
ASN1_ITEM.3.gz@                                   PEM_read_bio_DSAPrivateKey.3.gz@
ASN1_ITEM_get.3.gz@                               PEM_read_bio_DSA_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASN1_OBJECT_free.3.gz@                            PEM_read_bio_DSAparams.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_TABLE.3.gz@                           PEM_read_bio_ECPKParameters.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_TABLE_cleanup.3.gz@                   PEM_read_bio_EC_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_TABLE_get.3.gz@                       PEM_read_bio_NETSCAPE_CERT_SEQUENCE.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_cmp.3.gz@                             PEM_read_bio_PKCS7.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_data.3.gz@                            PEM_read_bio_PKCS8.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_dup.3.gz@                             PEM_read_bio_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_free.3.gz@                            PEM_read_bio_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_get0_data.3.gz@                       PEM_read_bio_RSAPrivateKey.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_print.3.gz@                           PEM_read_bio_RSAPublicKey.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_print_ex_fp.3.gz@                     PEM_read_bio_RSA_PUBKEY.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_set.3.gz@                             PEM_read_bio_SSL_SESSION.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8.3.gz@                         PEM_read_bio_X509.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_type.3.gz@                            PEM_read_bio_X509_AUX.3.gz@
ASN1_STRING_type_new.3.gz@                        PEM_read_bio_X509_CRL.3.gz@
ASN1_TIME_adj.3.gz@                               PEM_read_bio_X509_REQ.3.gz@
ASN1_TIME_check.3.gz@                             PEM_write.3.gz@
ASN1_TIME_cmp_time_t.3.gz@                        PEM_write_CMS.3.gz@
ASN1_TIME_compare.3.gz@                           PEM_write_DHparams.3.gz@
ASN1_TIME_diff.3.gz@                              PEM_write_DHxparams.3.gz@
ASN1_TIME_normalize.3.gz@                         PEM_write_DSAPrivateKey.3.gz@

 

Huh.. looks like these are symbolic links.

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    19 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_get_digestbynid.3.gz -> EVP_DigestInit.3.gz
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    19 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_get_digestbyobj.3.gz -> EVP_DigestInit.3.gz
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    17 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_idea_cfb.3.gz -> EVP_idea_cbc.3.gz
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    17 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_idea_cfb64.3.gz -> EVP_idea_cbc.3.gz
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    17 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_idea_ecb.3.gz -> EVP_idea_cbc.3.gz
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    17 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_idea_ofb.3.gz -> EVP_idea_cbc.3.gz
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    12 Jul  7 00:31 EVP_md5_sha1.3.gz -> EVP_md5.3.gz

 

They look like man pages, but I have no idea why they would be in the root diretory.