Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 06:25:21 GMT From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/114398: /etc/ttys not parsed properly if last line does not end with \n Message-ID: <200707080625.l686PLsv013627@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200707080630.l686U7a8095386@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 114398 >Category: misc >Synopsis: /etc/ttys not parsed properly if last line does not end with \n >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 08 06:30:07 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tim Daneliuk >Release: 6.2-STABLE >Organization: TundraWare Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD ozzie.tundraware.com 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #11: Sat Jul 7 12:38:43 CDT 2007 toor@ozzie.tundraware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OZZIE i386 >Description: Added this to the end of /etc/ttys: ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty dial.115200" unknown on insecure This was unrecognized when a 'kill -HUP 1' was subsequently done. The problem turns out to occur only when the last line of the file (the line above) is not newline terminated. Adding the newline made the problem go away. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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