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Re: Fwd: Bug#21810: libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL

To: schwab at suse dot de
Subject: Re: Fwd: Bug#21810: libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
From: Mark Kettenis <kettenis at wins dot uva dot nl>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 02:37:02 +0200 (CEST)
CC: espy at debian dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, 21810-forwarded at bugs dot debian dot org
References: <v0420550ab4161ff786a5@[206.163.71.146]> <199910261717.TAA21188@landau.wins.uva.nl> <jehfje9fkk.fsf@hawking.suse.de>

   From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
   Date: 26 Oct 1999 19:50:35 +0200

   Both Solaris 5.5.1 and SunOS 4.1.4 implement it.

Well, I would certainly call SunOS 4 historic by now.

Anyway, the issue has been discussed before [1].  Ulrich thinks
we should stay with the BSD 4.4 implementation, and I agree with him.
It's more or less the reference standard for rexec().

Also note that rexec() is considered to be pretty dangerous.  FreeBSD
and NetBSD only offer it for compatibility with BSD 4.4, and
reccommend using another mechanism.

Mark

[1] http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/bug-glibc/1999-07/msg00085.html

References:
- Fwd: Bug#21810: libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string"and password=NULL
  - From: Joel Klecker
- Re: Fwd: Bug#21810: libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string"and password=NULL
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- Re: Fwd: Bug#21810: libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL
  - From: Andreas Schwab

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