Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc

From: Alexandr Kovalenko (never@nevermind.kiev.ua)
Date: 05/30/02 

Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:34:29 +0300
From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>
To: FreeBSD Security <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>

Hello, FreeBSD Security Advisories!

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:36:35AM -0700, you wrote:

> =============================================================================
> FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc Security Advisory
> The FreeBSD Project
>
> Topic: rc uses file globbing dangerously
[snip]
> I. Background
>
> rc is the system startup script (/etc/rc). It is run when the FreeBSD
> is booted multi-user, and performs a multitude of tasks to bring the
> system up. One of these tasks is to remove lock files left by X
> Windows, as their existence could prevent one from restarting the X
> Windows server.
Please, read man 7 X, and see, that X is called "X Window", not "X
Windows". 

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