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GNU userv 1.0.5 is now released.
userv (pronounced `you-serve') is, in the words of the specification,
a Unix system facility to allow one program to invoke another
when only limited trust exists between them.
userv is a one-of-a-kind systems programming and system administration
tool, which can be used to avoid setuid programs, special daemons, or
the need for doubtful `helper' programs.
For more information, including the on-line specification and the
distribution files, visit
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/userv/
If you have queries, please join the userv-discuss mailing list in
preference to mailing the author. Thank you.
This is a maintenance release. It fixes a number of minor bugs and
portability problems, but none of the changes are believed to be
security-critical.
There is also an associated non-GNU package userv-utils, which
contains a collection of miscellaneous userv services, which can serve
as examples and programs in their own right. Note that the
documentation and probably quality of these leave a lot to be desired.
Contributions of documentation, installation instructions,
improvements, etc, for parts of userv-utils would be very welcome.
userv-utils can be found alongside GNU userv's distribution files.
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MD5 checksums:
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SHA-1 checksum:
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Changes to userv since 1.0.3:
userv (1.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
Bugfixes (thanks to report from Nelson Beebe):
* Do not call `assert' on expressions whose side-effects we need (!)
Thanks to report from Nelson Beebe.
* Correct an erroneous assert() argument so that it would actually
detect failure of the assertion.
* alarm(2) returns unsigned and can never fail.
Packaging changes:
* Reran flex (flex Debian 2.5.31-31).
* Use install -g 0 instead of -g root. This is more portable, I hope.
* Detect missing vsnprintf and mention URL from Nelson Beebe in err msg.
* Remove obsolete `buildship' script from top level directory. We use
cvs-buildpackage nowadays.
-- Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 8 Apr 2006 13:17:14 +0100
userv (1.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
Bugfixes:
* Close client socket fd in spawned cats (avoids some service-side hangs
when client terminates). Thanks to report from Simon Tatham.
Minor portability fixes:
* Missing #include <string.h> and <stdlib.h> } Thanks to report
* getgroups returns int, not gid_t (!). } from Peter Benie.
* Dummy `check' target in Makefile.in. } Thanks to
* Bogus strsignal emulation for broken platforms. } report from
* Bogus WCOREDUMP emulation for broken platforms. } Nelson Beebe
Packaging improvements (including Debian packaging fixes):
* Compress uservd(8) manpage. Closes: #244735.
* spec.tex and spec.html are autogenerated: clean and .cvsignore them.
* SHELL=/bin/bash in debian/rules; use of install(8). Closes: #263979.
* Reran autoconf/autoheader (autoconf Debian 2.13-54).
* Updated copyright notices.
-- Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 7 Apr 2006 20:04:29 +0100
userv (1.0.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
Debian packaging improvements (only):
* type -p invoke-rc.d changed to type, in postinst and prerm.
-- Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:59:38 +0000
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Changes to userv-utils since 0.2.3:
userv-utils (0.3) unstable; urgency=medium
dyndns:
* New dyndns service.
ucgi:
* add HTTP_REFERER.
* Fix path in www-cgi userv service default configuration.
ipif/udptunnel:
* Use slip, not cslip (!)
* service MAXEXROUTES increased from 5 to 50.
* Set default max clock skew to 45/45, not 10/30.
* Allow config file to override default clock skew and lag.
* Report nonzero death of m4 better.
* Add a few missing #include's of <string.h>.
* Minor fixes to INSTALL.
groupmanage:
* new name-regexp feature.
* admin-group is understood in config file but currently ignored.
* file locations configurable.
* groupmanage: do not claim that root doesn't exist.
* groupmanage: configurable group name length limit.
(Thanks to reports and patches from Ben Harris at Cambridge University.)
Packaging changes:
* Debianisation.
* New Makefiles in various directories; still not wonderful.
* Removed some common stuff from */Makefile to settings.make.
* Copyright notices updated.
* Moved changelog to debian/changelog.
-- Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:02:17 +0100
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