Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:49:47 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/nologin Makefile nologin.c nologin.sh Message-ID: <20031117234947.GQ98272@klapaucius.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <200311171301.45679.wes@softweyr.com> References: <200311170639.hAH6dduA076667@repoman.freebsd.org> <200311171301.45679.wes@softweyr.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2003-11-17 13:01 -0800, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote: > 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. Wes's no-login port has been around for ages and works just great. Please just import it instead of creating yet another version without the logging capability of sysutils/no-login. Or add the syslog functionality to the new program. Thanks. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter My reality check just bounced. mailto:gsutter@zer0.org http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/uV6bIBUx1YRd/t0RAhU2AJ0T3o6sLeuFp5yOJSMoHWOZDL/wagCcCfod Uksc0SN6lF4rGX5HS8qqc2Y= =VGih -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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