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author | Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> | 2010-09-01 19:09:11 +0100 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> | 2010-09-01 19:09:57 +0100 |
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packages: Separate out most of the remaining packages into recipes
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
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diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers-7.6/safe_finger.8 b/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers-7.6/safe_finger.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..875616b9ea --- /dev/null +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers-7.6/safe_finger.8 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.TH SAFE_FINGER 8 "21th June 1997" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +safe_finger \- finger client wrapper that protects against nasty stuff +from finger servers +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B safe_finger [finger_options] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B safe_finger +command protects against nasty stuff from finger servers. Use this +program for automatic reverse finger probes from the +.B tcp_wrapper +.B (tcpd) +, not the raw finger command. The +.B safe_finger +command makes sure that the finger client is not run with root +privileges. It also runs the finger client with a defined PATH +environment. +.B safe_finger +will also protect you from problems caused by the output of some +finger servers. The problem: some programs may react to stuff in +the first column. Other programs may get upset by thrash anywhere +on a line. File systems may fill up as the finger server keeps +sending data. Text editors may bomb out on extremely long lines. +The finger server may take forever because it is somehow wedged. +.B safe_finger +takes care of all this badness. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR hosts_access (5), +.BR hosts_options (5), +.BR tcpd (8) +.SH AUTHOR +Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. + |