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Subject: Re: Kernel panics when the root directory is executed 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:24:05 -0700
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>Yeah.. it only appears to happen with bash-2.  But the point is that
>the kernel should not attempt to execute a directory, even if a shell
>sends the exec call one.

   Of course you are right. I will look into this over the weekend. I don't
think it will be difficult to fix.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project