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Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:15:00 +0100 (MET)
From:      Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com (Guido van Rooij)
To:        jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Cc:        jgreco@solaria.sol.net, Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, core@freebsd.org, security@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.6+++: crt0.c CRITICAL CHANGE
Message-ID:  <199702051615.RAA05095@bsd.lss.cp.philips.com>
In-Reply-To: <19240.855158674@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Feb 5, 97 08:04:34 am"

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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > Jordan: once we have it tested, can we get this posted somewhere and make 
> > big blinking neon signs that PEOPLE NEED TO RUN THIS?  I'm gonna compile 
> > it up and try it shortly.
> 
> If it works, it's sure a hell of a lot easier than a reinstall.  Certainly.

It does work. I tested it on a life system. However, as stated earlier, 
it should check for immutable and append only flags and react accordingly.

Further, you MUST run it in single user mode as it is impossible to patch
running binaries.

-Guido



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