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From: rds95@leah.Albany.Edu (Robert Seals)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ftpd security bug revisited: patches for 4.2bsd
Summary: Why does it do this....?
Keywords: ftpd, unix, bug, 4.2bsd, security
Message-ID: <1272@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 17 Nov 88 16:43:51 GMT
References: <565@comdesign.CDI.COM>
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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In article <565@comdesign.CDI.COM>, pst@comdesign.cdi.com (Paul Traina) writes:
> Disclaimer: I *think* it works right,  but don't bet your life on it.

I agree, after trying to patch my Ultrix system. But, now in 
/usr/spool/mqueue/syslog, I periodically get messages like this:

Nov 16 10:55:03 localhost: 19621 ftpd: ioctl: Operation not supported on socket

Should I be frightened? Concerned? Amused? Go back to the orig?

rob