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Date:      Thu, 2 Nov 1995 02:09:31 -0800
From:      Jeffrey Hsu <hsu>
To:        peter
Cc:        CVS-commiters, cvs-CVSROOT
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT log_accum.pl
Message-ID:  <199511021009.CAA24880@freefall.freebsd.org>

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  > From: Peter Wemm <peter>
  > Subject: cvs commit: CVSROOT log_accum.pl
  >
  > swallace    95/11/02 01:30:23
  >
  >   Modified:    .         log_accum.pl
  >   Log:
  >   Take $ENV{'USER'} for the login name, as rshd, telnetd and rlogind all
  >   set it.  I'm still at a loss to explain why getlogin and `logname`
  >   (which make a supposedly secure system call) are returning somebody else's
  >   username when cvs (a non privileged process) is run on the end of a rsh.
  >   
  >   (If this doesn't work after this commit, I might commandeer Jeffrey Hsu's
  >   login.. :-)  This commit may say 'hsu' though.)

I laughed so hard I had tears in my eye.



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