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Michael Kerrisk 2008-06-29 04:51:21 +00:00
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@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Clearing \fIut_id\fP may result
in race conditions leading to corrupted utmp entries and potential in race conditions leading to corrupted utmp entries and potential
security holes. security holes.
Clearing the above mentioned fields by filling them Clearing the above mentioned fields by filling them
with null bytes is not required by System V semantics, but it allows to run with null bytes is not required by System V semantics,
but makes it possible to run
many programs which assume BSD semantics and which do not modify utmp. many programs which assume BSD semantics and which do not modify utmp.
Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above. Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above.
.PP .PP