[File] Systemd unit files as Windows init files detected
Dr. Werner Fink
werner at suse.de
Tue Apr 7 04:58:10 EDT 2026
Just reported here in a bug and I can verify this
current/packages> file -b /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.service | sort -u
ASCII text
Generic INItialization configuration [Install]
Generic INItialization configuration [Service]
Unicode text, UTF-8 text
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-cmdline.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-initqueue.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-mount.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-pre-mount.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-pre-pivot.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-pre-trigger.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-pre-udev.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-shutdown-onfailure.service
symbolic link to ../../dracut/modules.d/98dracut-systemd/dracut-shutdown.service
symbolic link to alsa-restore.service
symbolic link to getty at .service
symbolic link to systemd-hostnamed.service
symbolic link to systemd-importd.service
symbolic link to systemd-localed.service
symbolic link to systemd-logind.service
symbolic link to systemd-machined.service
symbolic link to systemd-timedated.service
current/packages> file -b --mime-type /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.service | sort -u
application/x-wine-extension-ini
inode/symlink
text/plain
... the application/x-wine-extension-ini aka Generic INItialization configuration
are returned due to the new deeply regex in file-5.47/magic/Magdir/windows
Werner
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