From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 8 12: 6:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A1537B401 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fireox.earthlink.net (user-v3qs3sa.dsl.mindspring.com [199.174.15.138]) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA19464 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:06:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010908140953.00ac18a0@mail.earthlink.net> X-Sender: digitalox@mail.earthlink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 14:12:19 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Scott D Subject: Re: minicom is forbidden ? In-Reply-To: <20010908213604.A898@k7.mavetju.org> References: <3B99EA04.AE75CCD1@users.sourceforge.net> <3B99EA04.AE75CCD1@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Maybe you can use cvsup to ugrade just your comm ports and the ports base. This might get you a later version of the port with an updated minicom. Check out cvsup, and browse the cvs using web interface to check if its been upgraded to a secure version since. Scott At 09:36 PM 9/8/01 +1000, you wrote: >On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 06:51:00PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: > > When I do a make in /usr/ports/comms/minicom, I get: > > ===> minicom-1.83.1_2 is forbidden: Local exploit yielding setuid uucp. > >That warns you for a possible security problem with minicom. >Of course, now that you know it you might not want to install it anymore. >Buuuut... if you say "I don't care", get rid of the FORBIDDEN line >in the Makefile and install it. > > > If minicom isn't available, what would be an alternative for setting > > up a terminal that listens to the serial port ? > >kermit > >Edwin > >-- >Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org >edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: >------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message