[2592] in bugtraq
Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab [via
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Squidge)
Thu May 23 16:31:04 1996
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 21:03:46 +0100
Reply-To: trmatthe@comp.brad.ac.uk
From: Squidge <root@a15p01.hor.brad.ac.uk>
X-To: Mike Kienenberger <mkienenb@arsc.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <9605221923.AA05550@fdiv>
[Making large directories snipped]
> Ie, create a real path of a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/etc/passwd
> Then create a path of b/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/a/etc
Beware. If you create these directories, then try to cd to the end, you
will get logged out.
I have just been experimenting with > 500 subdirectories, and repeatedly
get logged out when cd'ing to the end.
Squidge
"don't mess"
Squidge - The Guild
trmatthe@comp.brad.ac.uk
