[Groff] ~ in .so argument

2005-04-08 Thread Dorai Sitaram
Is it considered a security risk to allow ~ or shell environment variables in the argument to .so? For example, .so ~/.groffrc .so $HOME/.groffrc ___ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff

Re: [Groff] ~ in .so argument

2005-04-08 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> Is it considered a security risk to allow ~ or shell environment > variables in the argument to .so? For example, > > .so ~/.groffrc > > .so $HOME/.groffrc I don't think so. All `dangerous' requests like `.open' or `.sy' are enabled only if you add the `-U' flag to groff. Werner ___