From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Mar 17 13: 7:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4125337B719 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:07:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id NAA01029; Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:06:14 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda01027; Sat Mar 17 13:06:01 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f2HL5um12168; Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdw12165; Sat Mar 17 13:05:13 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) id f2HL5DI02589; Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:05:13 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103172105.f2HL5DI02589@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdYd2586; Sat Mar 17 13:05:12 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Alexandr Kovalenko Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Not only ftpd's problem with ls */../*..... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:10:56 +0200." <69456482176.20010317211056@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:05:12 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <69456482176.20010317211056@yahoo.com>, Alexandr Kovalenko writes: > Dear Sirs, > > problem with glob is not only ftpd's problem. > > The folowing was run from regular user... > > time ls */../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../* > Out of memory. > 8.990u 64.850s 1:57.38 62.9% 0+0k 0+0io 2784pf+10305w A patch was applied to libc yesterday. Shells, however, do their own globbing. This is not an issue for interactive users and cron jobs because of login.conf. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message