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Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:38:52 -0700
From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com>
To: security@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc
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In-Reply-To: <200205291636.g4TGaZX40801@freefall.freebsd.org>; from security-advisories@FreeBSD.org on Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:36:35AM -0700
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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:36:35AM -0700, FreeBSD Security Advisories wrote:
[snip]

> IV.  Workaround
> 
> Find and remove or comment-out the following line in /etc/rc:
> 
>    rm -f /tmp/.X*-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/*
> 
> The following command executed as root will do this:
> 
>    /bin/sh -c 'echo -e "/.X11-unix/s/^/#/\nw\nq\n" | /bin/ed -s /etc/rc'

Ick. How about,

  # /usr/bin/printf "/.X11-unix/s/^/#/\nw\nq\n" | /bin/ed -s /etc/rc

Next time?
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