Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 20:45:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Screen print capability Message-ID: <199505010145.UAA29544@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: <9505010034.AA04581@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 30, 95 06:34:40 pm
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> I agree it can be dangerous to yourself. Or in a timeshared environment. For example, one of our contractors used this as a joke. He had a file called "contract.rate" that contained the sequences to load the status line with "/his-home/.x/x" and send it, and in .x/x had a script that pretended to be deleting your home directory. You don't often *run* stuff in other people's directories, but catting a file is "supposed" to be safe!
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