Adding a feature to the smbd

[Richard Sharpe]

Hi,

At 11:54 PM 1/20/01 +0100, Thomas Langås wrote:
>Richard Sharpe:
>> Can you get rid of the popen in the code ... It is a security risk ...
>> There is a safe way to do this that is part of one of the parameters
>> introduced in 2.0.7, as I recall.
>
>Don't mind my last posting :)  I found the part I think you're refering too,
>it was called sys_popen();  I've included that now... Should I send the
>diff-file to the list?

Please do ... And a short description of what it is intended for, including
examples if you can ... It may be that there is an existing mechanism that
can do the job.

Thanks ...

>-- 
>-Thomas
>

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com
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