On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 15:21 -0300, Samuel Thibault wrote:
gpm does not implement the paste functionality, it's all handled in the
kernel. gpm only calls ioctl(TIOCLINUX) to set the selection (by only
giving the coordinates!), and make the kernel paste.
Well... but in principle there must be
Christoph Anton Mitterer, le Mon 09 Jul 2012 20:28:55 +, a écrit :
On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 15:21 -0300, Samuel Thibault wrote:
gpm does not implement the paste functionality, it's all handled in the
kernel. gpm only calls ioctl(TIOCLINUX) to set the selection (by only
giving the
On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 23:50 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
As said above: when it receives a mouse click, it uses ioctl(TIOCLINUX)
to make the kernel paste. But it doesn't even know what is being pasted.
Ah,... I now I see... so one would need to implement in the kernel, that
every user has it's
Christoph Anton Mitterer, le Tue 10 Jul 2012 00:08:22 +0200, a écrit :
On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 23:50 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
As said above: when it receives a mouse click, it uses ioctl(TIOCLINUX)
to make the kernel paste. But it doesn't even know what is being pasted.
Ah,... I now I
On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 00:16 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Such kinds of questions are quite frowned upon.
Uhm.. yeah well... but there are already quite a lot of them... and I
personally consider them to be quite ok, when the priority is reasonably
set...
What does use gpm mean exactly?
Christoph Anton Mitterer, le Tue 10 Jul 2012 00:51:23 +0200, a écrit :
Is the content of the consoles exactly the same as what's physically
displayed on the machine?
Cannot check here now, sorry, access to the building is highly
restricted.
Can somebody connect to the console too and see
Hello,
gpm uses one clip-board space for all users (including root). So if
any of them marks anything sensitive, a following user can gather this
information.
gpm does not implement the paste functionality, it's all handled in the
kernel. gpm only calls ioctl(TIOCLINUX) to set the selection
Hey Nico, et al.
On Thu, 2012-06-21 at 14:34 +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote:
I'm not sure what's the news with this bug.
It should be clear to anyone using gpm that every local user
has access to its buffer.
Well the thing is, that this IS a security problem be it new, or
not :)
I don't
Hello,
I'm not sure what's the news with this bug.
It should be clear to anyone using gpm that every local user
has access to its buffer.
I don't even believe this is a bug - but a feature: You can cat on one
console as $foouser and paste on another console as $other use.
You can open up a CVE
On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 12:07 +0200, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
As noted, didn't file Red Hat Bugzilla bug yet, since I am not completely
sure this is a security issue (and first wanted to obtain feedback from
gpm developers / upstream).
Yeah that's okay,... but I think it's good to record other
Hi Chris,
thank you for your reply.
On 06/15/2012 02:03 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
Hi.
First gpm has no bug tracker right? So could you please CC the
Debian bug, that we can record all this at some central palce? :)
As noted, didn't file Red Hat Bugzilla bug yet, since I am
Hi.
First gpm has no bug tracker right? So could you please CC the
Debian bug, that we can record all this at some central palce? :)
On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 11:06 +0200, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677418
I've updated some information there:
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