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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] client side server commands (was: running civserver as root)
From: Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 20:13:56 +0200

>       Generally, this won't allow anything more than editing save files,
> but it could possibly lead to account compromise.

Imagine a visitor typing arbitrary server commands on the civclient chatline:

  /save /etc/passwd

Try this at home:

  
http://cursus02.win.tue.nl:4321/tmp/freeciv/freeciv-cvs-May-14+cmdline.diff-Nurd.gz

Documentation:

  http://cursus02.win.tue.nl:4321/tmp/freeciv/README.cmdline

Some improvements are planned but it's functional as it is.

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Reinier Post                                             reinpost@xxxxxxxxxx

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