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Article #1685Re: Beware xargs security holes
From: Kim Christian Madsen
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 23:31
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 23:31
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Just my $0.02 to the ongoing discussion of:
find .... | xargs rm
If you're really worried about *NASTY* users and embedded newlines in files,
why use xargs at the receiving end of find, and not just settle with:
find .... -exec /bin/rm {} \;
Yes I know that it spawns a lot of processes compared to the xargs solution,
but it is also a secure way of removal of files with embedded newlines.
Kim Chr. Madsen
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!freja.diku.dk!kimcm From: kimcm@diku.dk (Kim Christian Madsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Beware xargs security holes Message-ID: <1990Oct31.233124.8208@diku.dk> Date: 31 Oct 90 23:31:24 GMT References: <1990Oct24.0100 <john.656921455@troch> <649@inews.intel.com> <653@inews.intel.com> <303@cadlab.sublink.ORG> Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen Lines: 14