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Article #1588Re: Beware xargs security holes
From: Ole Nomann Thomsen
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 15:07
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 15:07
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davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: > It *appears* that xenix quotes its arguments in xargs, since I did a >small and cautious test and it worked all right. ... No: touch "foo bar" find . -type f -print | xargs ls -l # Produces: ./foo not found bar not found ... # ["ls -l"s deleted] # on Xenix 2.3.2 . - Ole. (nomann@diku.dk). "Information is not knowledge" - Frank Zappa.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!freja.diku.dk!rimfaxe.diku.dk!nomann From: nomann@rimfaxe.diku.dk (Ole Nomann Thomsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Beware xargs security holes Message-ID: <1990Oct23.150716.6989@diku.dk> Date: 23 Oct 90 15:07:16 GMT References: <63404@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1990Oct9.172621.13484@cbnews.att.com> <271653D6.1CE8@tct.uucp> <4062:Oct1518:22:1290@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <3876@awdprime.UUCP> <tim.656101080@ggumby> <3940@awdprime.UUCP> <2113@sixhub.UUCP> Sender: news@diku.dk (The Netnews System) Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen Lines: 20