Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:52:13 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Wes Morgan <morganw@chemicals.tacorp.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/crypto/openssh sshd.c Message-ID: <3962CD0D.2FAA48CA@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007041957120.83838-100000@green.dyndns.org>
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Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > > No, no, you two are mistaken here; this is a fallback if the execv() fails > for the saved argv. It works like this: > > try to exec what we were invoked with. > try to exec what we were invoked with _determined by the file > system_, using /proc > give up. > > The middle step is what I added. There's no reliance on procfs. procfs > exists as a convenience, and in this case it makes it possible for you > to HUP sshd even when you invoked it using a non-canonical name. This > is a big convenience when you start daemons interactively. It's Good (TM) :) It obscures configuration bugs (ie, lack of full path in the configuration file). -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org <jkh> _DES: The Book of Bruce has only one sentence in it, and it says "the actual directives of my cult are left as an exercise for the reader. Good luck." <EE> jkh: does it really include the 'good luck' part? <jkh> EE: OK, I made that part up. <jkh> EE: I figured it should sound a bit more cheery than how Bruce initially dictated it to me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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