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Date:      Thu, 6 Jul 2000 12:44:01 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftpd and setproctitle()
Message-ID:  <20000706124401.A1224@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000706132133.04a94ad0@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 01:28:33PM -0600
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20000706113724.04789470@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007061422400.28337-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc .ca> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706132133.04a94ad0@localhost>

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On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 01:28:33PM -0600, 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.

Who needs a CD?  CVS is your friend.  The bug is fixed in 2.2.0.  It was
fixed somewhere between 2.2.0 and 2.1.0.

-- Brooks

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