Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:08:57 -0400 From: "Jonathan Slivko" <js43064n@pace.edu> To: Jonathan Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu>, Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kernel Panic Message-ID: <200106212008.AA488636554@stmail.pace.edu>
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It was supposed to run after pine had closed. -- Jonathan ______________________________________________ Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> Technical Support, Black Lotus Communications http://www.blacklotus.net -- check us out! ---------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:02:56 -0500 (CDT) >Uh, heh. How can you rm -rf $HOME/dead.letter while pine is open? > > >Chris Byrnes - chris@JEAH.net >JEAH Communications, LLC - "Fast. Dedicated." > >On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Jonathan Slivko wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I just wrote a little shell script that, on the machine I tested >> it on, crashed the box and forced a reboot. The contents of the >> script was: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> pine -i >> rm -rf $HOME/dead.letter >> >> Thats the whole script. I don't see how something like that could >> cause a kernel to crash. Would anyone mind trying to replicate >> this on a test box. If it's a security issue, i'll forward it to >> security when I get more information. >> >> -- Jonathan >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> >> Technical Support, Black Lotus Communications >> http://www.blacklotus.net -- check us out! >> ---------------------------------------------- >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> ___ >> Sent via the Pace University Mail system at stmail.pace.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >> > > ___________________________________________________________________ ___ Sent via the Pace University Mail system at stmail.pace.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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