Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 09:09:30 -0400 (EDT) From: <dynamo@ime.net> To: Ben Gras <ben@euro.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Not sure if you got it... Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.02.9908290909070.26964-100000@ime.net> In-Reply-To: <19990829150958.A53712@euronet.nl>
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hrm. i just realized i emailed security instead of security-officer. boy do i feel stupid. anyway, youre right. On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Ben Gras wrote: > All, > > On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 10:22:12PM -0400, dynamo@ime.net wrote: > > to stop rebooting from working right any user can just do this... > > ln -s /file/with/blocked/io/such/as/a/tty /var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.file > > this is my second try -- if you can gimmie an "ok" so i know you got this > > i would appreciate it. > > On a related note.. is there any good reason to take the vi.recover business > out of the boot process? It seems like a strangely vulnerable place to be > processing user-controlled files, using shellscript under root even. And > why during the boot? That only happens once every few years anyway (touch > wood) ;-). > > Sounds like a crontab job to me. > > =Ben > > > -- - dynamo@ime.net, lumpy_ - vi -c'1,%s/^[^#]/#&/' /etc/inetd.conf; kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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