From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 16 14:53:53 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA11122 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:53:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA11109 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:53:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id JAA23020; Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:23:29 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612162253.JAA23020@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: crontab security hole In-Reply-To: <199612161457.GAA18590@threadway.teeny.org> from Jason Downs at "Dec 16, 96 06:57:12 am" To: downsj@teeny.org (Jason Downs) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 09:23:28 +1030 (CST) Cc: chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jason Downs stands accused of saying: > > Haven't any of you ever heard of a very simple and efficient non-stdio > routine called, of all things, strncpy()? > > It's been around for, like, ever. Tell you what; why not go bitch at Paul Vixie, seeing as the BSD cron is his work. Maybe he'll give in and worship your total hacking studliness, but I doubt it. > Jason Downs (503) 256-8535 -/- (503) 952-3749 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[