[4047] in RedHat Linux List
RE: --
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Casters)
Tue Nov 12 10:37:39 1996
From: Matt Casters <matt@netpoint.be>
To: "'Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile'" <scoile@patriot.net>,
Borg
<vladimip@iceonline.com>
Cc: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:22:55 +-100
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>On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Borg wrote:
>> Try this on your command line: it screwes up
>> all tty's and pty's of all users:
>>
>> echo -e "\033c\033(0\033#8\033[1;3r\033[J\033[5m\033[?5h"|wall
>
>Let's be a little more precise: it'll affect all VT100 or compatible
>terminal users who have messages enabled.
>
>In my opinion, root should never have messages enabled.
>
>In my opinion, write and wall should not pass on non-printable characters
>(e.g. Escape).
I think you should only allow execution of write & wall by root. (as it is the case
on many 'other' Unix systems)
Matt Casters
AIX Support Professional
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