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Article #1589Re: Beware xargs security holes
From: Ed McGuire
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 16:43
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 16:43
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In article <1990Oct21.013603.25168@cbnewsh.att.com> wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) writes: > Many systems, especially universities, have a convention that > filenames beginning with '#' are "marked for death". Among other things, `#' begins the name of a file created in /lost+found. -- peace. -- Ed "Vote. Because it's the Right Thing."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!aplcen!aplcomm!uunet!ns-mx!ccad.uiowa.edu!emcguire From: emcguire@ccad.uiowa.edu (Ed McGuire) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Beware xargs security holes Message-ID: <1990Oct23.164329.10852@ccad.uiowa.edu> Date: 23 Oct 90 16:43:29 GMT References: <4062:Oct1518:22:1290@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <SGH6K6D@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990Oct21.013603.25168@cbnewsh.att.com> Organization: CAD-Research, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Lines: 9