Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 02:09:31 -0800 From: Jeffrey Hsu <hsu> To: peter Cc: CVS-commiters, cvs-CVSROOT Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT log_accum.pl Message-ID: <199511021009.CAA24880@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> From: Peter Wemm <peter>
> Subject: cvs commit: CVSROOT log_accum.pl
>
> swallace 95/11/02 01:30:23
>
> Modified: . log_accum.pl
> Log:
> Take $ENV{'USER'} for the login name, as rshd, telnetd and rlogind all
> set it. I'm still at a loss to explain why getlogin and `logname`
> (which make a supposedly secure system call) are returning somebody else's
> username when cvs (a non privileged process) is run on the end of a rsh.
>
> (If this doesn't work after this commit, I might commandeer Jeffrey Hsu's
> login.. :-) This commit may say 'hsu' though.)
I laughed so hard I had tears in my eye.
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