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Date:      Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:25:32 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Christophe Prevotaux <chris@hexanet.fr>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Hylafax
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002141224140.9923-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <38A830B8.6CD60113@hexanet.fr>

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Christophe Prevotaux wrote:

> How come Hylafax is marked as FORBIDDEN in the Makefile ? 
> Does anyone knows how to fix that problem ?

It has a buffer overflow which lets local users elevate privileges to the
uucp user. If you trust all of your local users then you can remove this
line and build the port normally.

Kris

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