Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:42:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd and setproctitle() Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061536400.59495-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000706132133.04a94ad0@localhost>
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > Thank you! I've checked 3.1, and it's OK too. Theo just wrote > to say that he thinks the bug originated in BSD 4.4-Lite. (And, > I guess, has been around since that time due to the wonderful > error-encouraging nature of the C language -- Sigh.) > > I'm hoping that the bug was nailed prior to 2.2.8, which a number > of sites with an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" policy are still > running. > > Anyone have a 2.2.8 CD handy? Mine's long gone. > If you have a webbrowser, please see: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c.diff?r1=1.13&r2=1.14 revision 1.14 date: 1996/01/01 08:35:11; author: peter; state: Exp; lines: +11 -8 Make ftpd use setproctitle() from libutil I've left the old code in there under #ifdef OLD_SETPROCTITLE in case somebody wants to try to compile out ftpd on some other machine. In addition to using setprotitle from libutil, peter fixed all the setproctitle() calls. This was done before RELENG_2_2 branch point (well before 2.2.8). ----- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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