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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: /rsh and /usr/bin/mailx - are they incompatible?
Keywords: rsh,mailx,restricted,mail
Message-ID: <2955@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 90 15:22:55 GMT
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Reply-To: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
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In article <1741@tssi.UUCP> nolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) writes:
>In article <2911@awdprime.UUCP>, tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain) writes:
>> That was why I mentioned that they might disable the pager.  At least
>> they could still use mail (no editor though).
>Ever tried to read a long e-mail without a pager? ...

Yes.  Ever heard of CTRL-S?

>It seems stupid to point out a hole in unix security, and then have the
>only solution be to disable the bugger causing it.

Don't shoot the messenger.  If the bug doesn't bother you, let them use a
pager.  I seem to recall that one of the original options was to turn off
mail.  That seems a little drastic, so I provided another solution.  Ok,
here's two more possible solutions:

EDITOR=false     or     EDITOR=ed
(I think more uses this variable ...)

or PAGER=less
(compiled with the editor option turned off or in
combination with the above EDITOR environment variable)

>(How about a contest for the *shortest* C program that works as a 'dumb' pager?
>Sounds like a great item for the 1991 obfuscated C code contest!)  

Hmmm....

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM         tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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