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author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-29 04:51:21 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-06-29 04:51:21 +0000 |
commit | 5dff4b55dee18a8d0424ac953cc3fc14f865fd21 (patch) | |
tree | 8e708d9cc06087e6e5d489c1430c88b8b5147f62 /man5/utmp.5 | |
parent | 2694f8ddd2afa14b44bf64db5c86bb83cf7df104 (diff) |
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diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5 index 09507b4d..86fa08d9 100644 --- a/man5/utmp.5 +++ b/man5/utmp.5 @@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ Clearing \fIut_id\fP may result in race conditions leading to corrupted utmp entries and potential security holes. Clearing the above mentioned fields by filling them -with null bytes is not required by System V semantics, but it allows to run +with null bytes is not required by System V semantics, +but makes it possible to run many programs which assume BSD semantics and which do not modify utmp. Linux uses the BSD conventions for line contents, as documented above. .PP |