From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
To: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>
Cc: Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Changing argv[0] under Linux.
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:26:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jeel7ehzon.fsf@sykes.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030115164731.GB8621@unthought.net> (Jakob Oestergaard's message of "Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:47:31 +0100")
Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net> writes:
|> Can anyone point out a problem in the above? I'd be happy to see it shot
|> down, mainly because it's ugly - and I hate programs that mess with
|> argv[0].
argv[0] is not required to point to the actual file name of the
executable, and in fact, most of the time it won't.
Btw, don't use it for setuid programs, it's a huge security hole you can
drive a truck through.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-15 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-14 18:59 Changing argv[0] under Linux DervishD
2003-01-14 19:10 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-14 19:14 ` DervishD
2003-01-14 19:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-14 19:50 ` DervishD
2003-01-14 19:56 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-14 20:23 ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-14 20:28 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-14 21:21 ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-15 14:00 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-15 16:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-15 16:57 ` DervishD
2003-01-14 22:00 ` DervishD
2003-01-21 14:16 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-01-21 15:33 ` DervishD
2003-01-14 20:25 ` Philippe Troin
2003-01-14 20:56 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-01-14 22:04 ` DervishD
2003-01-14 23:04 ` Bob Miller
2003-01-14 23:11 ` Bob Miller
2003-01-15 4:46 ` Mark Mielke
2003-01-15 8:25 ` jw schultz
2003-01-15 11:41 ` DervishD
2003-01-15 13:16 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2003-01-15 16:22 ` DervishD
2003-01-15 16:47 ` Jakob Oestergaard
2003-01-15 17:10 ` DervishD
2003-01-15 17:36 ` Changing argv[0] under Linux. This MUST work DervishD
2003-01-15 21:26 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2003-01-15 21:36 ` Changing argv[0] under Linux Jesse Pollard
2003-01-15 22:03 ` DervishD
2003-01-16 9:19 ` Dorin Lazar
2003-01-15 11:35 ` DervishD
2003-01-14 21:55 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2003-01-14 22:04 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-01-15 11:28 ` DervishD
2003-01-27 7:47 ` Anuradha Ratnaweera
[not found] <122203493@toto.iv>
2003-01-14 22:55 ` Peter Chubb
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-01-16 10:12 Jon Burgess
2003-01-16 10:32 ` DervishD
2003-01-16 11:31 Jon Burgess
2003-01-16 12:58 ` DervishD
[not found] <20030116130013.GE1358@DervishD>
[not found] ` <200301161315.h0GDFLM27487@isengard.accucard.com>
2003-01-17 10:08 ` DervishD
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