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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/nologin Makefile nologin.c nologin.sh
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On Sunday 16 November 2003 22:39, David Schultz wrote:
> das         2003/11/16 22:39:39 PST
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/nologin         Makefile
>   Added files:
>     sbin/nologin         nologin.c
>   Removed files:
>     sbin/nologin         nologin.sh
>   Log:
>   Reimplement nologin(8) as a C program.  This allows us to
> statically link it at low cost and avoid environment poisoning
> attacks associated with LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

I suppose adding the logging done by the sysutils/no-login port would 
make the program objectionably large.  Sigh.  Several times over the 
past five years I considering asking if we should just import my 
nologin and be done with it; each time I didn't pursue it because it 
wasn't worth the bikeshed.

-- 
         "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                              wes@softweyr.com