Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 16:03:34 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@freebsd.org> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc Message-ID: <20020529210334.GA5544@madman.nectar.cc> In-Reply-To: <20020529133852.B12700@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <200205291636.g4TGaZX40801@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020529133852.B12700@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 01:38:52PM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > /bin/sh -c 'echo -e "/.X11-unix/s/^/#/\nw\nq\n" | /bin/ed -s /etc/rc' > > Ick. How about, > > # /usr/bin/printf "/.X11-unix/s/^/#/\nw\nq\n" | /bin/ed -s /etc/rc > > Next time? *shrug* One could prescribe any number of alternatives to achieve the modification. I chose this way, because /bin/sh and /bin/ed are both statically linked and should always be available on all systems in single user mode. It seems unlikely that this will be an issue for anyone, but hey - you never know. Cheers, -- Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> http://www.nectar.cc/ NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal Kerberos jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@FreeBSD.org . nectar@kth.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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