Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 10:41:38 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: audit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl fix for zero-length data Message-ID: <20010602104137.A24747@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010601045007.629243E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 09:50:07PM -0700 References: <20010601045007.629243E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 09:50:07PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Please review the attached patch to fix the sysctl interface to accept > data of zero length. This fixes the case where one wants to clear a > string exported via sysctl, as in: > > sysctl kern.hostname= > > Right now, the above will do nothing. With this patch, it will clear > (i.e., set to "") "kern.hostname". About time, too! Hope this one gets committed soon :) FWIW, I've been running it here for a couple of months (ever since it came up back in January), and there have been no adverse effects of setting string sysctl's to empty strings. G'luck, Peter -- If this sentence didn't exist, somebody would have invented it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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