Linux-Misc Digest #536, Volume #18                Sat, 9 Jan 99 17:13:09 EST

Contents:
  Re: Clean Disk Space (Juergen Heinzl)
  Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? (John Morris)
  Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? (John Morris)
  Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? (John Morris)
  Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (Jim Naylor)
  Re: Netscape 4.5 problem (Andreas Micklei)
  Re: LINUS Can Suck My Hairy Cock .. or Newbie Needs Linux Help ... (A. van Dijk)
  Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Johan Kullstam)
  Re: Linux drivers for Canopus TOTAL 3D ... 128? (Bjorn Lindstrom)
  Re: Change Red Hat 5.x server name ("Norm Dresner")
  Re: What POP server? (Patrik Israelsson)
  Re: RPM for Tgif? (William C. Cheng)
  Bob's Ignorance -- Or Is It Flamebait? (Loren Petrich)
  Re: RPM for Tgif? (Frank Sweetser)
  Re: Bash question - is there variable substitution? (James Youngman)
  Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (David H. McCoy)
  can linux see ntfs partitions? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Johan Kullstam)
  Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Loren Petrich)
  Re: LINUS Can Suck My Hairy Cock .. or Newbie Needs Linux Help ... (Ian Smith)
  Re: suid root (Paul Griffiths)
  Linux Commands ("RFSP")

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Clean Disk Space
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 20:48:29 GMT

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Athan wrote:
[...]
>I have a linux 486 box with 325 mb HD
>Now it is like that
> Filesystem         1024-blocks  Used    Available Capacity Mounted on
>/dev/hda5             267823       189096    64894     74%       /
[...]
>Which file should i delete to increase the free space
>and
>which programs are creating big files, eg last ....

Take care of logfiles like /var/log/wtmp and the one syslog and cron
create for instance. I cut my wtmp on every boot down to seven days
for instance and you can write something yourself, get something
from me or take a look on the Net and look for a solution that fits
your needs. If you've got a distribution type (as root) crontab -l,
perhaps there is something already there and waiting to be configured.

Cheers,
Juergen

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Morris)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:46:52 GMT

>(I really wish Opera was available for Linux...guess I'll have to keep waiting)


Me too.

I use Opera under Winows now.

I guess they are working on a Linux version?

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Morris)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:46:55 GMT

>Can you play a playstation online with a group of other users?
>Maybe thats why people want to play games on a PC,/unix/linux box.


OK.. I see now.

You mean there is no way to network a bunch of
Playstations together to do same thing?

Bear with me.... I'm really dumb here. <G>

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Morris)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:46:54 GMT

>You've never played half-life have you?


Nope <sheepish grin> That's a game right?

OK... I can see where tieing a BUNCH of PC's
together and playing games where many people are
involved can be fun. 

I think this is called a "LAN party", right?

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Naylor)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: NOSPAM in addresses..
Date: 09 Jan 1999 11:53:50 PST

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u
c s d . e d u (David Fox) wrote:

>Wisquatuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.networking [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > 
>> > How about a happy medium.  The purpose of putting nospam in your
>> > return address is to keep from getting spam.  I think a standard of
>> > <nospam.realuserid@realdomain> would meet this requirement.

It munges ok, but in what I think is an desirable way: the other side of
the @ is still a valid domain which will (if politely configured) have to
return a no such user msg to the already overloaded traffic stream (guess
how I found that out). If you put the nospam on the right side, the
nameserver will puke it back at 'em: I get almost no spam...   ;) Still
not ideal, but ideal means no spam in the first place.

>> > Everyone would know who sent the message.
>> 
>> Including the spammers.  My problem with that approach is that it
>> would do nothing to stop spam, and yet -still- be a (minor) irritation
>> to people trying to do e-mail replies.
>
>E-mail responses is mostly what I want to stop.  I at least want
>people to think twice, my comments are for the group.  The worst
>is people who post and e-mail, so annoying!

-- 
Jim Naylor   
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  (remove the ".nospam", natch)

Recursion: Cf. "recursion."

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
From: Andreas Micklei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.5 problem
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:56:23 GMT

In comp.os.linux.development.apps Richard Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Or even better: Use Lynx. *hiding* ;-)
> Don't make fun of Lynx, I still use it because its fast for getting text

I wouldn't. I also use Lynx almost every day. It is great to have a quick
look at a html file without having to wait until netscape decides if it
wants to start today or tomorrow.
I was hiding because I thought it was a rude comment when somebody
requested help with Netscape.

Maybe I will put that nifty "Lynx extreme" logo on my Webpage one day.
I already have the "Vim powered" logo. ;-)

   ciao...
          Andreas Micklei

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. van Dijk)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LINUS Can Suck My Hairy Cock .. or Newbie Needs Linux Help ...
Date: 9 Jan 1999 14:19:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Fri, 08 Jan 1999 21:16:18 GMT, PalmII@ wrote:
>Linus is such a pansy mother fucker. He needs real balls like bill
>gates. Linus says "Hey Im a gay boy and give my shit away." Bill says:
[BEEEEP]
>dies. Microsoft will soon buy linux so you all can get a real os. I
>cant wait for microsoft brings msinux to rape all you linux fags.
>
>Please do not flame me .. its only an opinion.

If this was on TV it'd have more beeps than the Jerry Springer Show.

-- 
A. van Dijk                        Me: I run Linux.
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Windows User: Why?
icq   : 4249631                    Me: Because I can.

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Crossposted-To: 
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Jan 1999 13:30:11 -0500

"Poison Ivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Johan Kullstam wrote in message ...
> >MS can keep prices high in profit per copy sense yet low in a
> >competition sense.  no competitor can instantly grab 90% of the market
> >and be able to distribute their cost over all those sales.
> 
> If Microsoft wanted to maximize profits, they would jack up the price of
> Windows to $500. *That* would be a monopoly behaving at its worst, gouging
> consumers. A monopoly that keeps prices low does no harm to consumers.

microsoft has never been interested in money.  the money is simply a
byproduct and tool.  what bill gates wants is *control*.  his goal is
not `to be the richest guy on the planet' but `windows everywhere'.

-- 
Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!

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Crossposted-To: 
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 14:49:58 -0800
From: Bjorn Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux drivers for Canopus TOTAL 3D ... 128?

Are you referring to the Total3D 128?  If so, it does work ... use the
RIVA128 drivers.  Works well enough for me!  I'm also running RH5.2 

Bjorn

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Billy Bob wrote:

>I know that Red Hat linux 5.2 supports Diamond viper 330 with RIVA
>chipset.
>Howcome it doesn't support the canopus TOTAL 3D with the same RIVA
>chipset???   I paid US $ 230 for this card and Linux doesn't suppport it
>??
>why ? why ? why?  :-(

Bjorn Lindstrom

http://www.realitynet.com/bnk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)
Hjartagold (Aol Instant Messenger)


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From: "Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Change Red Hat 5.x server name
Date: 8 Jan 1999 22:41:01 GMT

Mark Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Gene Wilburn wrote:
> 
> > If you want to do this manually, edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network
> > (even if you don't have a network card).
> >
> > Change the line that says HOSTNAME=xxx to HOSTNAME=yyy
> >
> > Next time you reboot, your host will be renamed. If I recall correctly,
> > the file /etc/HOSTNAME is set dynamically. Editing that file will not
> > permanently change the name.
> 
> Don't forget the /etc/hosts file ....
> 
> Mark
> 

        And the file /etc/sys_id

        Norm


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From: Patrik Israelsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What POP server?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:31:43 +0100



Tom Zeltwanger wrote:

> I am looking for recommendations for a good POP server to use on
> a LINUX mail server. I used to use pop3d, but that seems to be getting
> old (no new versions) and I want one that is keeping up with the times.
> I tried installing the IMAP.rpm that is provided by RedHat (which includes
> a POP server) but I really don't want the IMAP at the moment, so that is
> extra overhead.
>
> Tom Zeltwanger,    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Virtual Communication Services  www.electronicmessaging.com

We use Qualcomm's qpopper at our computer society. Works fine without any
apparent memory or security leaks. You also might want to check Cubic Circle's
POP server (cucipop).

            / Patrik


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William C. Cheng)
Subject: Re: RPM for Tgif?
Date: 9 Jan 1999 16:06:33 -0500

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Norberto Eiji Nawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 >Hello, 
 >
 >Does anyone know if there is a RPM for the graphic app Tgif?
 >
 >I would be very grateful if you could point me to the URL, or to any
 >other information. (I could not find it at the obvious place, the ftp
 >site of RedHat.)
 >
 >Thanks a lot in advance!
 >
 >Eiji (I would be even more grateful if you could also email me
 >directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED], as I do not usually
 >follow this NG.)

Could someone point me to information regarding tools for creating RPM
files?  Thanks!
-- 
Bill Cheng // [EMAIL PROTECTED] <URL:http://bourbon.cs.umd.edu:8001/william/>

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Loren Petrich)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Bob's Ignorance -- Or Is It Flamebait?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:12:17 GMT

In article <773mqa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> first, the cost is the last thing a home user will look at.
> the proof is simple. Linux has been free for how many years now? 9 years?
> ok, let say 3 years just to be fair. (we have to give Linux some slack).

   Bob reveals ignorance of Linux -- he does not know when Linux originated.

   Or is he just trying to provoke flames?

> This thing has been free for 3 years, and yet %90 of home users still use
> windows and applications written for windows. I see them at Fry's each day,
> buying windows based shrink wrapped applications and games like crazy, boxes
> and boxes of them. They leave and yet come back for more. and none of it
> is free!

   That's because it takes a while for innovations to spread. Linux only
became anywhere near well-known last year; it's still largely a
computer-geek OS, though there have been important strides in making it
more end-user-friendly.

-- 
Loren Petrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Happiness is a fast Macintosh
And a fast train

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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM for Tgif?
Date: 09 Jan 1999 16:19:53 -0500

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William C. Cheng) writes:

> Could someone point me to information regarding tools for creating RPM
> files?  Thanks!

http://www.rpm.org/

-- 
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net  | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.0pre5ac1 i586 | at public servers
Norm:  Gentlemen, start your taps.
                -- Cheers, The Coach's Daughter

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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bash question - is there variable substitution?
Date: 08 Jan 1999 23:28:54 +0000

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Mathers) writes:

> Note: I don't mean variable substition in the ordinary sense - of
> course you can write $foo and have it substituted with the value of foo.
> 
> What I want to know is if bash supprts anything akin to csh's $foo:s/foo/bar
> where you modify the variables in place, w/o resorting to awk or perl
> to manipulate them.  I know about %, %%, #, and ##, but need to do an
> in-place substitution.  Specifically, I have a variable that contains:
> 
>       foo bar bletch
> 
> and I want to replace it with:
> 
>       foo foe bletch

No.  You'd have to use
x=$(echo $x | sed -e 's%foo bar bletch%foo foe bletch%' )


-- 
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H. McCoy)
Crossposted-To: 
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 16:43:59 -0500

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H. McCoy)
>spake unto us, saying:
>
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>>
>>>Speak for yourself.  I've had a very difficult time of it for the past
>>>few years finding the applications I want (and I've succeeded!) even
>>>though I chose a technically superior desktop solution for my home PC
>>>six years ago (when I left Windows 3.1 for OS/2 2.1).
>>
>>[This is not address to the author, but rather a response to his 
>>article.]
>
>I normally killfile you, David, because of your asinine postings in the
>comp.os.os2.* hierarchy which IMhO disrupt normal activity there, but
>I'll address this posting directly.

I accept your challenge.

>>Speak for yourself. OS/2 has ceased being a superior solution do to
>>IBM's not developing OS/2 properly.
>
>Don't presume to speak for me, dipwick.  

I would never presume to speak for someone who has displayed such 
eloquence. 

>I prefer OS/2 to both Windows
>95 and Windows NT Workstation (I have all of them here), and for me
>it's a better solution.

>You know as well as I do that OS/2 wipes the floor with Windows 95 on
>technical grounds (not with NT, but NT isn't a general home desktop OS
>yet either).

Windows 95 has surpassed OS/2 techinically in at least one respect, and 
that would be Windows' multimedia subsystem. And that appears to count 
for far more practical use than say, the WPS. 

>>When I felt that OS/2 was not meeting my needs, I purchased Windows NT,
>>compared it to OS/2, in other words, they competed, and I found NT to
>>be the better product.
>
>Yes, we know.  You've been infesting the OS/2 non-advocacy newsgroups
>for months telling us all about it.

You would be mistaken. I have been posting my opinion in the newsgroups 
as I see fit. You excercised your free will to read my opinion or will 
you somehow claimed that I forced my words on you?

>>By Richard's definition, Apple has harmed consumers because they
>>couldn't find a copy of Corel Office.
>
>I'm insinuating that Microsoft's monopoly position in the desktop OS
>market has removed the ability to easily use *ANY* other desktop OS in
>a home of business context because many ISVs are developing for Windows
>only, and most native ISVs for the other platforms are dying or dead.

I know what you are doing. You are attempting to relieve both Apple and 
IBM of their responsibilities with respect to Windows' ubiquity. MS is 
under no obligation to ease one's transition from their products. 

Perhaps you should consider that the reason may ISVs are developing for 
Windows is because the MacOS and OS/2 are not markets of equal 
attractiveness due to the actions of their respective owners.

>When the market is in a state where real competition is impossible,
>competition cannot occur.

Similarly, when competitors are blunders, competition cannot occur.

>>>Also, putting on my corporate Macintosh user hat, we've encountered a
>>>number of problems obtaining new versions of various applications we
>>>use quite a bit because many vendors are dropping all platforms but
>>>Win32 flavors.
>>
>>Because they perceive Win32 as a more profitable market, in this case
>>due to Apple's incompetence.
>
>They've also dropped Solaris support.  Those are the ONLY two desktop
>alternatives I know of outside of OS/2 in a business context, and all
>of those platforms are starting to lose basic applications (like UTS
>emulators) because the developers of such tools simply cannot afford
>to support anything but that one platform.

Then it seems to me that you should hurl your barbs at the makers of 
whatever software you desire or will you know attempt to claim that Sun 
is being squeezed out my MS?

Is everyone a victim?

>Surely it should be obvious (even to you) that a real problem exists in
>the software marketplace?

I don't think it is obvious to *you* that perhaps some companies are 
lying in beds of their own making. Apple is suffering for their 
traditional high prices, antiquated OS, and smaller selection of choices 
all caused by their own actions. No one forced Apple to forgo the 
thriving clone market that gives PCs so much of their strength.

Similarly, it is the height of lunacy to attempt to portray IBM as a 
victim, considering they have PC manufacturing facilities, their own OS, 
and money to match MS. 

Perhaps you cannot see the forest for the trees.

>>>This means that the monopoly of Windows on the desktop has harmed me
>>>both in a home context and in a business context.
>>
>>This means that Apple and OS/2 both failed to compete properly and
>>lost customers accordingly.
>
>We'll see what the courts have to say about that.  I disagree with you.
>and I believe that Microsoft stacked the deck in a way such that the
>other companies simply COULD not compete.

We will see, won't we? I believe that MS had engaged in questionable 
actions against some companies, like Netscape, Apple and IBM were victims 
of their own incompetence and now drink deeply from that bitter chalice.


-- 
===========================================
David H. McCoy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: can linux see ntfs partitions?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:23:23 GMT

Hi, i am running NT 4.0 and due to fat size limitations (have a 13 gig drive)
am using ntfs as my main file system.  I am also running linux and have run
into a wee bit of a problem... linux can't *seem* to read the ntfs partition.
 During setup it recognized the ntfs part. as a HPFS fs so i thought i would
go with that but it turns out that it does not work.  Is there a way to make
linux see ntfs partitions?



                       -Gaiko


PS It *was* compressed but i decompressed it (it the ntfs drive) but it gave
me an error (sharing permissions... chalk another one up for MS to not think
of errors) on one or two files so there are one or two compressed files in
that part. but most of the part is uncompressed.


thank you.
Gaikokujin Kyofusho
Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Crossposted-To: 
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Jan 1999 14:15:02 -0500

"Netnerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> David Steuber wrote in message ...
> >d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox) writes:
> >
> >-> This is such a standard crackpot rant.  "Everyone I talk to agrees
> >-> with me, these polls must be full of it."  I think it was invented by
> >-> Rush Limbaugh.  Its a convenient way to get people to ignore facts.
> >
> >The only fact we have is that someone posted that a consumer poll said
> >that 81% of consumers thought that Microsoft was good for the market,
> >or something.  That poster neglected to site the specific poll in
> >question, so we don't even know if such a poll took place.
> 
> Would you believe the publisher was the Consumer Federation of
> America?

who the hell is that?  is it some kind of front group with misleading
title funded by microsoft?

-- 
Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Loren Petrich)
Crossposted-To: 
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:43:42 GMT

In article <#nvtpZpO#[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Netnerd"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The latest consumer poll shows that 81 percent of consumers think Microsoft
> has been good for consumers, and 52 percent think the case was brought to
> help Microsoft's rivals. [...]

   AND WHAT POLL WAS THAT??????

   I think the poll ought to have included:

* Some questions about the familiarity of those polled with the case and
the issues involved

* Questions carefully constructed to be as non-loaded as possible

-- 
Loren Petrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Happiness is a fast Macintosh
And a fast train

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From: Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LINUS Can Suck My Hairy Cock .. or Newbie Needs Linux Help ...
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 12:39:34 +0000

TURBO1010 wrote:
> 
> This is pathetic.

What, the troll, or the reply?

-- 
============================================================================
Ian Smith
============================================================================

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From: Paul Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suid root
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:47:03 +0000

Stefan Davids wrote:

> >> Arrghhh! Don't use system() in an suid root program. Use execvp(), or
> >> similar - much safer and has less overhead.
> 
> >Really? Why is system() unsafe in such a situation?
> 
> It uses the shell to execute the command. Unless you're very careful about
> sanitising the enviroment the shell gets you can end up executing almost
> anything. Certainly never rely on the shell inheriting a reasonable PATH.
> 
> Also using system() is largely pointless in an suid wrapper situation since
> you only want to execute one thing and invoking a shell to execute it is
> unnecessary.

I see, I wasn't aware of that, thanks.

-- 
Paul Griffiths

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From: "RFSP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Commands
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:00:20 -0000

Hi!

Where can I find a site or a book with all linux commands.


thx



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