cfingerd

Changelog for version 1.3.1

Releasedate: 09/20/96

  • Updated the Configure script and supporting libraries to make it compatible with Perl 4.036
  • Added support for ignoring the "/W or -L" options that some fingers send
  • Added "MAILBOX" entry to display_files section of cfingerd.conf
  • Added replacement strings for RFC1413 error related messages
  • Added safe_exec routine to run *ALL* programs via popen with nobody privs (see the util.c source)
  • Added checks to make sure *everything* is run as root after a file open, or other file activity
  • Changed file handles to open files as root (READ-ONLY) and have them read from the open file handle as "nobody"
  • Changed redirection of executed files to no redirection (no writing to any files on execution)
  • Changed "There are (users) total" to "This is a list of (total) sites"
  • Changed up the Makefiles a little bit to run smoother

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Contributors
Mats Erik Andersson
Kevin Rosenberg
Danek Duvall
Andrew Smith
Amir Shamsuddin
Cyril Brulebois
Jarek Kaminski
Linus Torvalds
Martin Schulze
Rich Salz