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Date:      Mon, 24 Mar 1997 16:21:43 +0300 (MSK)
From:      =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.ru>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc:        CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-lib@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit:  src/lib/libtermcap pathnames.h termcap.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970324161835.660B-100000@nagual.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199703240641.WAA02207@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Warner Losh wrote:

> imp         97/03/23 22:41:32
> 
>   Modified:    lib/libtermcap  pathnames.h termcap.c
>   Log:
>   Don't overflow buffers, and only open alternative termcap files if we're
>   not running setuid or setgid.

1) You can't determine setuid binaries without new issetuid() syscall.

2) I object of disallowing alternative termcap files, I always use
my own termcap file (and many users do it to) and treat this step
as functionality degradation, please back it out.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@null.net>
http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/




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