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Re: Servere bug in lp(1) - also security violater

#381
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 21:17
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In article <1950@ahds.UUCP> dick@ahds.UUCP (Dick Heijne CCS/TS) writes:
> 	   lp works with a scheduler (lpr didn't), which is suid'd/sgid'd
> 	   to itself (i.e. lp/lp or lp/bin, varies per manufacturer), thus
> 	   arranging that private files CANNOT be printed,

Problem 1 is a major boner, but this can be handled just by doing:

	cat file | lp

> 	1. Who can tell me a way to get the sources of lpsched in order to
> 	   get rid of at least problem 1.

There are a couple of PD, freeware, or GNUware spoolers out there in the
various comp.sources.* archives.

> 	3. How to inform/discuss with the RIGHT people at AT&T (or Unix
> 	   Foundation or so it is called now, I think) to get rid of these
> 	   problems in the very near future

Ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. They can't even be convinced to get a summer student
to run through the sources replacing "cannot open FROBOZZ" with at *least*
perror.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  `-_-'  peter@ferranti.com
+1 713 274 5180.  'U`  "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Servere bug in lp(1) - also security violater
Keywords: sort bug
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Date: 15 Apr 91 21:17:25 GMT
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