[11169] in bugtraq
Re: Troff dangerous.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ville Nummela)
Wed Jul 28 10:29:44 1999
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:40:27 +0300
Reply-To: Ville Nummela <vnummela@LUT.FI>
From: Ville Nummela <vnummela@LUT.FI>
X-To: Eric Moore <moore@LOVECRAFT.CHEM.CMU.EDU>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Eric Moore wrote:
> Another, perhaps less intrusive/time consuming alternative is to
> change the TROFF and NROFF lines in /etc/man.conf with:
>
> TROFF /usr/bin/groff -S -Tps -mandoc
> NROFF /usr/bin/groff -S -Tascii -mandoc
>
> (that is, add the -S switch)
>
> -S Safer mode. Pass the -S option to pic and use the
> -msafer macros with troff.
Ok.. Should I use "-S" or "-msafer" and what's the difference?
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