Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:50:32 GMT From: Bjoern Voigt <bjoern@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/96191: "cat" can display directory contents Message-ID: <200604230850.k3N8oWre066807@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200604230900.k3N90UuA037081@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 96191 >Category: misc >Synopsis: "cat" can display directory contents >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 23 09:00:29 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bjoern Voigt >Release: 6.1-PRERELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD my.host.name 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Mar 27 18:26:36 CEST 2006 root@chemnitz.dialup.cs.tu-berlin.de:/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.my i386 >Description: The FreeBSD's version of "cat" is able to display directory contains: $ cat /etc (garbage) Solaris (tested with SunOS 5.9) shows the same behavior. The behavior on directories in not described in the manual page. >How-To-Repeat: $ cat /etc >Fix: "cat" from "coreutils" (GNU Linux) refuses to display directory contents. $ cat /etc cat: /etc: Is a directory >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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