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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:11:26 +0200
From:      Philip Paeps <philip+freebsd@paeps.cx>
To:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:12.openssh
Message-ID:  <20030917141126.GG656@hermes.nixsys.be>
In-Reply-To: <20030917140107.GD91843@madman.celabo.org>
References:  <200309161817.h8GIH1GL072348@freefall.freebsd.org> <5.0.2.1.1.20030916225106.02e09dc0@popserver.sfu.ca> <1063807011.15698.3.camel@gentoo1.enic.cc> <20030917140107.GD91843@madman.celabo.org>

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On 2003-09-17 09:01:07 (-0500), Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 06:56:51AM -0700, Mark Foster wrote:
> > Also, the command as shown doesn't work under csh, you must run under sh
> 
> Good point.  I've always assumed use of the real shell :-) for security
> advisories, but that is not a good assumption, particularly since by default
> the root user has csh.

It might be a good idea just to stick 'sh' in front of the command then, in
which case it should work even if a local setup has some odd shell for root?

 - Philip

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