Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 15:09:59 +0200 From: Ben Gras <ben@euro.net> To: dynamo@ime.net Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Not sure if you got it... Message-ID: <19990829150958.A53712@euronet.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.02.9908282221020.15859-100000@ime.net>; from dynamo@ime.net on Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 10:22:12PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSI.4.02.9908282221020.15859-100000@ime.net>
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All, On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 10:22:12PM -0400, dynamo@ime.net wrote: > to stop rebooting from working right any user can just do this... > ln -s /file/with/blocked/io/such/as/a/tty /var/tmp/vi.recover/recover.file > this is my second try -- if you can gimmie an "ok" so i know you got this > i would appreciate it. On a related note.. is there any good reason to take the vi.recover business out of the boot process? It seems like a strangely vulnerable place to be processing user-controlled files, using shellscript under root even. And why during the boot? That only happens once every few years anyway (touch wood) ;-). Sounds like a crontab job to me. =Ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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