On 8/9/2012 12:47 AM, Jonathan Shaw wrote:
Thank you Jakob.
No need to bother with more system detail at this point if I
understand correctly. You are saying there is no built in limit to
the command length in characters? If so, I can troubleshoot my own
system. Though I might mention this same
Behavior happened with putty and openssh.
Actually, I was not saying that there is no builtin limit, I was simply
saying that if you were a typical user, checking for system induced
problems would be a necessary part of the discussion.
There is a builtin limit (in apps/openssl.c, function main), but it is
1022, which is much larger than 257.
The builtin limit is primarily enforced by the libc implementation of
fgets(), so you may want to test its abilities with a small program
that just calls fgets once on a 1024 byte buffer and then fputs, what
it got.
Something like (not tested, might not compile):
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
char buf[1024];
(void)argc;
(void)argv;
fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdion);
fputs(buf, stdout);
fputs("!\n", stdout);
return 0;
}
On Aug 8, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Jakob Bohm <jb-open...@wisemo.com> wrote:
On 8/8/2012 7:10 PM, jonycp wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to paste a lengthy one-line command at the OpenSSL prompt. I
recently installed 1.0.1c but I'm not certain it started happening in this
version. I used to be able to paste the full command, and now the command
is truncated to 257 characters (inlcuding spaces).
Is this new and is there some way I can set OpenSSL to allow longer
commands?
Thanks
It would be much easier for people to investigate this if you specify your
operating system and terminal type too (such as xterm from X11 RY.Y, xvt
version Y, putty version Y.YY, kernel Y.Y.Y VGA console,
kernel Y.Y.Y framebuffer console, Solaris text mode console,
Windows Y.Y standard command prompt window, CygWin Y.Y.Y CygTerm, xterm
from Cygwin, etc. etc.)
Personally I have no specific idea, but I know that on some platforms,
the line length and paste limits are properties of the terminal code
and API.
Enjoy
Jakob
--
Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. http://www.wisemo.com
Transformervej 29, 2730 Herlev, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10
This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors.
WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded
______________________________________________________________________
OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org
User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org
Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
