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Article #1577Re: Beware xargs security holes
From: Robert E. Stampfli
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 1990 03:27
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 1990 03:27
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> In any case, I've yet to see how "a malicious user [could] > remove every file on the system." No user, malicious or not, can remove "every file on the system." In fact, I contend it is impossible to remove the last instance of an executable that contains the unlink() system call. -- Rob Stampfli / att.com!stampfli (uucp@work) / kd8wk@w8cqk (packet radio) 614-864-9377 / osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu!kd8wk!res (uucp@home)
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!cbnews!res From: res@cbnews.att.com (Robert E. Stampfli) Subject: Re: Beware xargs security holes Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Date: Sat, 20 Oct 90 03:27:18 GMT Message-ID: <1990Oct20.032718.1874@cbnews.att.com> Summary: removing all files Lines: 9