From owner-freebsd-security Mon May 17 19:42:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5009153F2 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 19:42:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA19780; Mon, 17 May 1999 19:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199905180241.TAA19780@implode.root.com> To: Unknow User Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user uses xv3.10a (PNG) to halt my system. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 17 May 1999 21:46:28 -0300." <3740B863.6C20B59E@tdnet.com.br> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 19:41:56 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Dear gentleman, > >probably, this is not the most suitable mailing list to post this mesg, >but it's not worth to subscribe fbsd-questions only to get a answer. (if >you hate me for that, ignore me) > >a) My system is 2.2.8Stable, where can i get a updated list about patch >to this system? >b) I have installed xv 3.10a (PNG), but my system has got freezed by >running this software! So now, a user(i don't know which) have being >stopping my system. >c) is there possible to know which user is doing that? >d) How can an user application halt my system, isn't fbsd supposed to be >robust enough to handle this ? If you don't know which user is doing it, then how do you know that it is xv that is causing the problem? I use that version of xv on various systems here, with different versions of FreeBSD (including 2.2.8), all the time and have never had problems. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message