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From: Adam Mackler <mackler@barter.dewline.com>
To: Floody <flood@evcom.net>, proftpd-l@evcom.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG,
        btman@ugcs.caltech.edu
Cc: mackler@barter.dewline.com
Subject: Re: [proftpd-l] New ProFTPd user - Security, Incoming and pwd.db?
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> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:50:08 -0400
> From: Floody <flood@evcom.net>
> Reply-To: proftpd-l@evcom.net
> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
> Cc: proftpd-l@evcom.net
> Subject: Re: [proftpd-l] New ProFTPd user - Security, Incoming and pwd.db?
> 
> Ok.  I put up a test FreeBSD 2.2.7 system.  There appears to be a libc
> problem with the setpassent() function, which doesn't work on FreeBSD as
> documented in the man pages (or on any other BSD).  This is the heart of
> the problem.  There is no workaround until libc is fixed.

Hi:

I think the following patch may fix the problem, but I'm afraid
I don't know how to rebuild my c library.  If you find out if this
works can you let me know?  Thanks.


*** getpwent.c  Wed Aug 19 02:00:13 1998
--- getpwent.c.dist     Wed Aug 19 01:58:33 1998
***************
*** 194,201 ****
        if (rval && (_pw_passwd.pw_name[0] == '+'||
                        _pw_passwd.pw_name[0] == '-')) rval = 0;
  
!       if (!_pw_stayopen)
!         endpwent();
        return(rval ? &_pw_passwd : (struct passwd *)NULL);
  }
  
--- 194,200 ----
        if (rval && (_pw_passwd.pw_name[0] == '+'||
                        _pw_passwd.pw_name[0] == '-')) rval = 0;
  
!       endpwent();
        return(rval ? &_pw_passwd : (struct passwd *)NULL);
  }
  

-- 
Adam Mackler
Dewline Communications, LLC
212-505-9149

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