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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Sep) 1994: Re: Sending escape sequences to xterms via wall/talk

Re: Sending escape sequences to xterms via wall/talk

Mike Raffety (mike_raffetyil.us.swissbank.com)
Wed, 20 Jul 94 05:24:23 CDT

> Of course having a sym link in your file space along the lines of:
> core -> /dev/rsd0a and as xterm runs as root, is also a good way of
> breaking your machine...

setuid programs don't produce core dumps; it's a security feature.