Re: (forw) Re: readdir_r thread safe?

2000-02-21 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Sat, 05 Feb 2000 15:16:28 PST, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Ugh, I should have brought this up before the code freeze but... Before feature freeze, in fact. Fight the madness. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body o

Re: (forw) Re: readdir_r thread safe?

2000-02-05 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> Ugh, I should have brought this up before the code freeze but... I think that pretty much says it all, and reflects my own opinion on the matter. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: (forw) Re: readdir_r thread safe?

2000-02-05 Thread Jason Evans
On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 03:16:28PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Ugh, I should have brought this up before the code freeze but... > > Maybe we could make 4.0 the transition point for adding locking > structures to FILE and DIR structures instead of the hackish > way it's done now (maintaining

Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package

1999-11-03 Thread Mike Smith
> > > Is there anyway to reverse 32upgrade package after it has been installed > > > on a 2.2.8-STABLE system. This is on a production box and rebuilding is > > > not an option I have time to explore. > > > > If it's a production system you will have had backups from immediately > > before yo

Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package

1999-11-03 Thread David Scheidt
On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, Mark Newton was heard blurting out: > > > If it's a production system you will have had backups from immediately > > before your upgrade, and reversing the upgrade will be a simple matter > > of restoring your backups

Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package

1999-11-03 Thread Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson
On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, Mark Newton was heard blurting out: > Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: > > > Is there anyway to reverse 32upgrade package after it has been installed > > on a 2.2.8-STABLE system. This is on a production box and rebuilding is > > not an option I have time to explore. >

Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package

1999-11-03 Thread Mark Newton
Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: > Is there anyway to reverse 32upgrade package after it has been installed > on a 2.2.8-STABLE system. This is on a production box and rebuilding is > not an option I have time to explore. If it's a production system you will have had backups from immediatel

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Anders Andersson wrote: > - Forwarded message from Nik Clayton - > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 > From: Nik Clayton > To: Anders Andersson > Cc: freebsd-...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ndc(8) > Message-ID: <19990826212016.d86...@catkin.nothing-going-on.or

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread sthaug
> > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /etc/namedb/named.stats' > > > > This also applies for /var/tmp/named_dump.db, that one goes also in > > /etc/namedb. > > Guys, before we fix the manpage on this, could someone please follow > this up with -hackers? I was under the impression

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Anders Andersson wrote: > - Forwarded message from Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 > From: Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Anders Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ndc(8) > Message-I

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message Julian Elischer writes: : quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. An even quicker fix would be to disable coredumps in periodic, since no reboot would be required. :-) As has been noted in -security, the kernel fix has been committed. Warner To Un

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <19990826184654.a...@ecad.org> crypt0genic writes: : This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? Yes. We are and have been working to correct the problem. In fact, there is a kernel patch that has been committed. A quick and dirty workaround has bee

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread sthaug
> > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /etc/namedb/named.stats' > > > > This also applies for /var/tmp/named_dump.db, that one goes also in > > /etc/namedb. > > Guys, before we fix the manpage on this, could someone please follow > this up with -hackers? I was under the impressio

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Julian Elischer writes: : quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. An even quicker fix would be to disable coredumps in periodic, since no reboot would be required. :-) As has been noted in -security, the kernel fix has been commit

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> crypt0genic writes: : This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? Yes. We are and have been working to correct the problem. In fact, there is a kernel patch that has been committed. A quick and dirty workaround has been posted t

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Julian Elischer
works as advertised for me... quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? > > -Emil > > -- > Reverse engineering, the most fun and usuall

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Julian Elischer
works as advertised for me... quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? > > -Emil > > -- > Reverse engineering, the most fun and usual

Re: (forw)

1999-07-14 Thread Nik Clayton
On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 01:22:49PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: < talking about the recent paper on using KLDs to replace FreeBSD syscalls > > I would suggest that a version of this document be incorporated into our > docs. I've already e-mailed the people concerned to ask. I'll let you know w

Re: (forw)

1999-07-14 Thread Nik Clayton
On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 01:22:49PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: < talking about the recent paper on using KLDs to replace FreeBSD syscalls > > I would suggest that a version of this document be incorporated into our > docs. I've already e-mailed the people concerned to ask. I'll let you know

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Julian Elischer
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > > > Mark Newton wrote: > > > > > > Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on > > > FreeBSD... > > > > Some might say a little too 'simple'

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Julian Elischer
I would suggest that a version of this document be incorporated into our docs. It's not like it says anythign new, but it's a really good introduction to KLD modules and maybe it's be better to have those documents around to remind people how easy it is to hack a system once root is broken. julia

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Doug Rabson
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > Mark Newton wrote: > > > > Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on > > FreeBSD... > > > Some might say a little too 'simple'? > > > > Garbage. You can do this on any OS, whether it suppo

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Julian Elischer
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > > > Mark Newton wrote: > > > > > > Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... > > > > Some might say a little too 'simple'? > >

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Julian Elischer
I would suggest that a version of this document be incorporated into our docs. It's not like it says anythign new, but it's a really good introduction to KLD modules and maybe it's be better to have those documents around to remind people how easy it is to hack a system once root is broken. juli

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Doug Rabson
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > Mark Newton wrote: > > > > Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > > > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... > > > Some might say a little too 'simple'? > > > > Garbage. You can do this on any OS, whether it supports

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Karl Pielorz
Mark Newton wrote: > > Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on > FreeBSD... > > Some might say a little too 'simple'? > > Garbage. You can do this on any OS, whether it supports loadable > modules or not, if you've managed to win sufficie

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Karl Pielorz
Mark Newton wrote: > > Karl Pielorz wrote: > > > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... > > Some might say a little too 'simple'? > > Garbage. You can do this on any OS, whether it supports loadable > modules or not, if you've managed to win sufficient

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Mark Newton
Karl Pielorz wrote: > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... > Some might say a little too 'simple'? Garbage. You can do this on any OS, whether it supports loadable modules or not, if you've managed to win sufficient privileges through some other means.

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Karl Pielorz
Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... Some might say a little too 'simple'? -Kp crypt0genic wrote: > > Have you all seen this? > > From: Anonymous > To: bugt...@securityfocus.com > > Hi folks, > > THC released a new article dealing with FreeBSD 3.x > Ker

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Mark Newton
Karl Pielorz wrote: > Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... > Some might say a little too 'simple'? Garbage. You can do this on any OS, whether it supports loadable modules or not, if you've managed to win sufficient privileges through some other means.

Re: (forw)

1999-07-12 Thread Karl Pielorz
Yes, a nice, effective - and simply way of replacing syscall's on FreeBSD... Some might say a little too 'simple'? -Kp crypt0genic wrote: > > Have you all seen this? > > From: Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi folks, > > THC released a new article dealing with FreeB

Re: (forw) Reversing 32Upgrade package

1999-01-02 Thread Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson was heard blurting out: > > Is there anyway to reverse 32upgrade package after it has been installed > on a 2.2.8-STABLE system. This is on a production box and rebuilding is > not an option I have time to explore. > > Here is what I am getting