Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:02:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> To: Jonathan Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kernel Panic Message-ID: <20010621190113.J98838-100000@awww.jeah.net> In-Reply-To: <200106211959.AA49807526@stmail.pace.edu>
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Uh, heh. How can you rm -rf $HOME/dead.letter while pine is open? Chris Byrnes - chris@JEAH.net JEAH Communications, LLC - "Fast. Dedicated." On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Jonathan Slivko wrote: > Hello, > > I just wrote a little shell script that, on the machine I tested > it on, crashed the box and forced a reboot. The contents of the > script was: > > #!/bin/sh > pine -i > rm -rf $HOME/dead.letter > > Thats the whole script. I don't see how something like that could > cause a kernel to crash. Would anyone mind trying to replicate > this on a test box. If it's a security issue, i'll forward it to > security when I get more information. > > -- Jonathan > > ______________________________________________ > Jonathan M. Slivko <js43064n@pace.edu> > Technical Support, Black Lotus Communications > http://www.blacklotus.net -- check us out! > ---------------------------------------------- > > ___________________________________________________________________ > ___ > Sent via the Pace University Mail system at stmail.pace.edu > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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