On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 08:44:34PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > You have a misinformation/misinterpretation there. It's not disabled, > it's simply not possible in the way scripts are run. They are passed to > the program that is given in it's first line, after the #! - or to the > current shell, if there is no such line. As *argument*.
Of course it's possible. Solaris does it, for example. The security issues do require careful thought, though. > > Btw, why was this mailed to debian-security? I don't see anything > related to debian in that, some general linux (security) > mailinglist/newsgroup would suit better. Probably mismailed, intended for debian-security@lists Jules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
