Xref: utzoo alt.security:1627 comp.unix.sysv386:774 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: alt.security,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Here's how to stop shell escapes from vi Message-ID: Date: 26 Sep 90 17:46:16 GMT References: <2441@sud509.ed.ray.com> <1990Sep18.120450.14590@nstar.uucp> <1990Sep20.153105.28394@naitc.naitc.com> <11285:Sep2022:15:2090@kr <924@mwtech.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 6 In article <1990Sep20.153105.28394@naitc.naitc.com> karl@bbs.naitc.com (Karl Denninger) writes: > Without source code to "vi" there is NO WAY to prevent this. Believe me. adb -w /bin/vi Just zap the "/bin/sh" and the name of the "shell" variable. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com