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Re: Solaris "/usr/bin/write" bug

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Tobkin)
Wed Mar 10 13:32:30 1999

Date: 	Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:22:17 -0600
Reply-To: tobkin@umn.edu
From: Chris Tobkin <tobkin@UMN.EDU>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To:  <199903080630.PAA30768@kosnet.net>

> ( Solaris 2.6 and 2.7 maybe .. )

(Solaris 2.7 x86)
[tobkin@2.7_x86](~)9:09pm> write loveyou `perl -e 'print "x" x 93'`
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx permission denied
[tobkin@2.7_x86](~)9:09pm> write loveyou `perl -e 'print "x" x 94'`
Segmentation fault


(Solaris 2.6 sparc)
[tobkin@2.6_sparc](~)9:12pm> write loveyou `perl -e 'print "x" x 91'`
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx permission denied
[tobkin@2.6_sparc](~)9:12pm> write loveyou `perl -e 'print "x" x 92'`
Segmentation fault

Looks like 2.6 for sparc and 2.7 intel have the same problem...

// chris
tobkin@umn.edu

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