[gopher] Re: Bucktooth questions

[Cameron Kaiser <spectre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Well, finally got around to setting up Bucktooth.  Right now I'm
> testing on an iBook, but will end up running everything on a Linux
> box.  I'm running under xinetd as user "www".  I had to make the
> following mods to buckd to get things to work under setgid:
> 
> 1. Remove the perl -s flag from the #! line (can't run this under
> setgid)
> 2. Untaint $ENV{PATH}, $dinfo, and $request (otherwise, the exec calls
> in &mole wouldn't execute without errors)
> 
> Just curious if anyone else had to do this, or if it's just some Mac
> weirdness.

This is new to me. Perl version? (5.8.6 I assume if you're on 10.4) Exact
errors?

I wonder if there's something odd about your configuration, because tainting
should only be a factor if you're running as root. Also, I'm not sure
where PATH is getting involved since exec() is getting passed an absolute
filespec, unless I've missed a way it can get there without being validated.
I do not claim to write bug-free code :)

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