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Date:      Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:10:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc:        Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Err.. cat exploit.. (!)
Message-ID:  <199809101510.LAA08830@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980910144324.B831@pavilion.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980910115926.408V-100000@bofh.fast.net.uk> <19980910144324.B831@pavilion.net>

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<<On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:43:24 +0100, Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> said:

>> bofh$ cat sendmail.st 
>> `ay5habf33*`ma}`)`Jj]:        Jsu-2.01$ xtermxterm
>> su: xtermxterm: command not found
>> bofh$ 

> I've noticed this also.  Catting some binaries (by accident of course)
> seems to interact with the terminal badly!!  This is on an 'rxvt' running
> bash.

That's why you should normally use `more' or `less'.

-GAWollman

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