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Date:      Sat, 08 Sep 2001 14:12:19 -0500
From:      Scott D <digitalox@earthlink.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: minicom is forbidden ?
Message-ID:  <5.0.2.1.0.20010908140953.00ac18a0@mail.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010908213604.A898@k7.mavetju.org>
References:  <3B99EA04.AE75CCD1@users.sourceforge.net> <3B99EA04.AE75CCD1@users.sourceforge.net>

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Maybe you can use cvsup to ugrade just your comm ports and the ports base. 
This might get you a later version of the port with an updated minicom. 
Check out cvsup, and browse the cvs using web interface to check if its 
been upgraded to a secure version since.

Scott

At 09:36 PM 9/8/01 +1000, you wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 06:51:00PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote:
> > When I do a make in /usr/ports/comms/minicom, I get:
> > ===>  minicom-1.83.1_2 is forbidden: Local exploit yielding setuid uucp.
>
>That warns you for a possible security problem with minicom.
>Of course, now that you know it you might not want to install it anymore.
>Buuuut... if you say "I don't care", get rid of the FORBIDDEN line
>in the Makefile and install it.
>
> > If minicom isn't available, what would be an alternative for setting
> > up a terminal that listens to the serial port ?
>
>kermit
>
>Edwin
>
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