Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 19:02:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick McConnell <patrick@interlog.com> To: scot@poptart.org Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel panics when the root directory is executed Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970913185504.333A-100000@patrick.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970913234106.6304A-100000@homer.duff-beer.com>
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I'm using Bash 2.00.0(1), and when I try to execute / (as non-root), I get bash: /: is a directory Maybe your problem can be solved by upgrading Bash. Patrick On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 scot@poptart.org wrote: > Yeah.. it only appears to happen with bash-2. But the point is that > the kernel should not attempt to execute a directory, even if a shell > sends the exec call one. > > Scot. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Scot Elliott scot@poptart.org Tel: +44 (0)181 9322042 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Public key available by finger at: finger scot@poptart.org > or at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 1997 andrew@ugh.net.au wrote: > > > On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Scot Elliott wrote: > > > > > This is quite scary, because we have users on this machine with no root > > > access, but they're able to halt our machine whenever they want to. I > > > guess this would be very scary for an ISP offering shell accounts. > > > > I dont have thish problem (not running bash though). tcsh just says > > <directory>: Permission denied. > > > > > FreeBSD Billy.poptart.org 2.2-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE #0: Sat Aug 2 00:17:32 > > > BST 1997 scot@Billy.poptart.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/IDE i386 > > > > My stable was only built 10 days after yours... > > > > Andrew > > > > > -- Patrick McConnell (patrick@interlog.com) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, 1981
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