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From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>
To: FreeBSD Security <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc
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Hello, FreeBSD Security Advisories!

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:36:35AM -0700, you wrote:

> =============================================================================
> FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc                                         Security Advisory
>                                                           The FreeBSD Project
> 
> Topic:          rc uses file globbing dangerously
[snip]
> I.   Background
> 
> rc is the system startup script (/etc/rc).  It is run when the FreeBSD
> is booted multi-user, and performs a multitude of tasks to bring the
> system up.  One of these tasks is to remove lock files left by X
> Windows, as their existence could prevent one from restarting the X
> Windows server.
Please, read man 7 X, and see, that X is called "X Window", not "X
Windows".

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