Your message dated Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:55:54 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#1116412: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #473718, regarding ngetty: expand args bug to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: ngetty Version: 0.3-2 I found a bug in ngetty. Line 200 of ngetty.c is: if ('0'<=*s && *s<='9') { One can start then '/sbin/ngetty 0 3 4' and the daemon will expand '0' to /dev/tty0 or /dev/vc/0. Don't start ngetty with bad args, or better use full path like ngetty /dev/tty1 /dev/tty2 /dev/vc/3 /dev/... If you find this bug is a security hole apply the patch - if ('0'<=*s && *s<='9') { + if ('0'<*s && *s<'10') { I don't make any changes. One good sysadmins should start ngetty with right arguments! In the next version I'll write some word obout this in manual page. That's enough! Nikola Is it possible to start: /sbin/mingetty /dev/tty0 /sbin/fgetty 0
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 1.1-13+rm Dear submitter, as the package ngetty has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1116412 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/. Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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