Bug in rpc.lockd

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From: Jim Knutson
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1989 23:39

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There is a bug in rpc.lockd in which a buffer is overrun if the hostname
for the current host is greater than 19 characters long.  This will cause
rpc.lockd to core dump on some hosts and locks to hang.  This has been
reported to Sun.

Jim Knutson
knutson@mcc.com
cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson

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