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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1662 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:52:28 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:11416 comp.os.386bsd.misc:7 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: [386bsd] TFTP .exrc sendmail binmail adduser Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 12:00:38 GMT Message-ID: <C2n813.4FM@sugar.neosoft.com> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc References: <1lvcmgINN1r8@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Lines: 24 In article <1lvcmgINN1r8@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) writes: > .exrc : I fooled with this thing forever, trying to get it to set my tabstops. > I know it is a security hole, but why not -just- read it from the home > dir and not from CWD? Was this disabled on purpose for security? That sounds weird. Security-wise, I'd recommend doing things the other way around. In any case, unless Elvis has problems with it, try setting EXINIT to "so $HOME/.exrc". Speaking of Elvis, how come you can't use any arbitrary delimiter on an arbitrary sub or global? > sendmail : I assume the debug hole is gone, but then again I assumed tftp > would be fixed too, so maybe this is still here. Unless you're actually on the Internet, I'd recommend you use my smail kit on ref.tfs.com:~pds and dump sendmail. It's based on smail 2.5, and is small, reasonably fast, and above all easy to understand. It works with a normal UUCP paths file, and you can build that by hand or grab stock pathalias. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Oletko halannut suttasi tänään? 'U` Tarjoilija, tämä ateria elää vielä.