Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:41:45 -0500 (EST) From: mgraffam@mhv.net To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fingerd limiting? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980226163950.8713A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980226124007.7669B-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > I am trying to get fingerd to run an alternate program w/o much success. > My inetd.conf looks like this : > > finger stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/libexec/fingerd fingerd -s > -p /etc/finger.msg I used to do this kind of stuff with cat. try cat /etc/finger.msg instead of fingerd -s -p /etc/finger.msg .. As for it being safe.. it is thru inetd as nobody .. at it is a cat command.. I don't see much way to exploit cat. Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net) http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's own understanding without the guidance of another. . .Sapere aude! Have the courage to use your own understanding!" - Immanuel Kant "What is Enlightenment?" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNPXhnQKEiLNUxnAfAQHNXQP+JR3RcUuEzLs/fujVt7jtEFLLac5tdaXe Lx4ZVkzNTlEaICgbf3R6XtDKrRDjC9EVikkHAqcf0u/BFlYGrLUpI1y80hbDtiYw R85PfhVx9WNyzCdoMtRivVW0DGfAV/u/L0HVirUndzzMKiMWvUs7Ee5dZAQ/XMrB NQF3gsNQvQ8= =qXWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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