Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:46:05 +1000 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> To: Tom Dymond <tom@kmem.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man page problem Message-ID: <20040626064605.GB8016@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <3564.82.224.209.9.1088152438.squirrel@shuttle.kmem.org> References: <3564.82.224.209.9.1088152438.squirrel@shuttle.kmem.org>
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On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 10:33:58AM +0200, Tom Dymond wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got this small problem on my server that i find annoying : > > When a user who's limit's are close (limited by login.conf) tries to read > a man page, the groff process fails and produces an empty cat man page. > Later requests for this man page will then fail. > > I tried googling first and found this PR that *appears* identical : > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=gnu/5767 [...] PR 32791 may also be of interest to you -- It describes multiple ways a user can could incorrect catpages to be cached in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier releases. I suggest removing /usr/bin/man's suid bit to disable the caching of catpages, and adding MANBUILDCAT=yes to /etc/make.conf if you find that pages are taking too long to display. (I can't actually remember whether removing man's suid bit is sufficient; there may be some other configuration changes necessary.) Tim
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