From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Sep 12 0: 2: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.netcologne.de (mail2.netcologne.de [194.8.194.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC91037B423; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:01:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de (dial-213-168-64-101.netcologne.de [213.168.64.101]) by mail2.netcologne.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA27861; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:01:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (localhost.security.at12.de [127.0.0.1]) by bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e8C71pk00724; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:01:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pherman@frenchfries.net) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:01:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman To: cracauer@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/19946: possible bug in sh(1) with -p flag (privileged mode) In-Reply-To: <200009120648.XAA49641@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 cracauer@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > Synopsis: possible bug in sh(1) with -p flag (privileged mode) > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: cracauer->freebsd-bugs > Responsible-Changed-By: cracauer > Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Sep 12 08:38:56 MEST 2000 > Responsible-Changed-Why: > > If anyone thinks of an appropriate solution (which includes your > suggestion - Alexander), please have it reviewed by > security@freebsd.org. I recall in my private discussions with Alex that this is more likely a misunderstanding of the documentation. The option he was thinking of was "+p" not "-p". The option is there, so I think the only bug might be that the documentation wasn't so clear about the "+" action on options. I know I got caught up on it. -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message