Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 13:05:12 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Alexandr Kovalenko <neve_ripe@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Not only ftpd's problem with ls */../*..... Message-ID: <200103172105.f2HL5DI02589@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Mar 2001 21:10:56 %2B0200." <69456482176.20010317211056@yahoo.com>
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In message <69456482176.20010317211056@yahoo.com>, Alexandr Kovalenko writes: > Dear Sirs, > > problem with glob is not only ftpd's problem. > > The folowing was run from regular user... > > time ls */../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../*/../* > Out of memory. > 8.990u 64.850s 1:57.38 62.9% 0+0k 0+0io 2784pf+10305w A patch was applied to libc yesterday. Shells, however, do their own globbing. This is not an issue for interactive users and cron jobs because of login.conf. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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