From owner-freebsd-security Thu May 30 6:38:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from imation.homenetweb.com (noc-p5-3-ky-4.homenetweb.com [216.7.67.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 202CA37B408 for ; Thu, 30 May 2002 06:38:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from workstation (d2i-dialin-92.kl.terranova.net [216.89.230.92]) by imation.homenetweb.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g4UDcf4j017836; Thu, 30 May 2002 09:38:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000a01c207df$59b08fc0$5ce659d8@workstation> From: "Richard Ward" To: "Alexandr Kovalenko" , "FreeBSD Security" References: <200205291636.g4TGaZX40801@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020530133429.GA86256@nevermind.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 09:38:50 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Must we really nit-pick about this? Be thankful that the advisory reached you in a timely manor and move on. -- Richard Ward, Founder. http://www.greyhat.org Grey Hat Consortium -- Intelligent Internet Security. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexandr Kovalenko" To: "FreeBSD Security" Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:34 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc > Hello, FreeBSD Security Advisories! > > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:36:35AM -0700, you wrote: > > > ============================================================================ = > > FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc Security Advisory > > The FreeBSD Project > > > > Topic: rc uses file globbing dangerously > [snip] > > I. Background > > > > rc is the system startup script (/etc/rc). It is run when the FreeBSD > > is booted multi-user, and performs a multitude of tasks to bring the > > system up. One of these tasks is to remove lock files left by X > > Windows, as their existence could prevent one from restarting the X > > Windows server. > Please, read man 7 X, and see, that X is called "X Window", not "X > Windows". > > -- > NEVE-RIPE > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message