Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:12:52 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@beheer2.iae.nl> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Warnings while compiling Samba Message-ID: <20010515161252.E40513@beheer2.iae.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010515170221.K11592@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:02:21PM %2B0300 References: <3AFFE661.5D6015EA@comune.arzignano.vi.it> <20010514162605.C3213@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <3B012DB2.DF11CF12@gmx.net> <20010515155130.D40513@beheer2.iae.nl> <20010515170221.K11592@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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Thanks for clearing this up for all of us and an excuse for my behaviour, trying to read the manpage in 10secs and then shouting out it should be same etc.. I'm almost starting to feel like a windows user ... :-( Gr, Axel On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 05:02:21PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:51:31PM +0200, Axel Scheepers wrote: > > Well, man mkstemp brings me the the man page of mkstemp so I guess i'ts save > > to just replace the mktemp call with mkstemp. I don't have the time right now > > to look into the source so I can't be 100% sure about this... anyone? > > 'man mkstemp' brings up the manual page for mktemp(3), mkstemp(3), mkstemps(3) > and mkdtemp(3) functions. Just one look at the prototypes, though, should > tell you that the mktemp() and mkstemp() functions are NOT equivalent - > mktemp() returns a char *, mkstemp() returns an int. > > Further down the manpage describes that mktemp() and mkstemp() really do > return different objects - mktemp() returns the filename of the new file > (which it does not create), mkstemp() actually creates the file and returns > a file descriptor. > > It is only with difficulty that I can imagine a situation in which > the mkstemp() return value could be used as if it were returned by mktemp() - > programs using mktemp() expect a pointer to a string, while mkstemp() returns > a small integer. An attempt to create a file with that "name" would most > probably result in an immediate segmentation fault or bus error. > > G'luck, > Peter > > -- > What would this sentence be like if pi were 3? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > -- Met vriendelijke groet, VIA NET.WORKS Nederland Axel Scheepers Operations phone +31 40 239 33 93 fax +31 40 239 33 11 e-mail eindhoven.beheer@vianetworks.nl http://www.vianetworks.nl/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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