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author | Joerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-01-07 15:49:15 +0000 |
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committer | Joerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-01-07 15:49:15 +0000 |
commit | ac4b78d2803571dbd9cbe0c0e3e26735447a249a (patch) | |
tree | 83dfbf0f072bd928e914eff452b2a0a617b170ff /usr.sbin/lpr | |
parent | 6ddb039950c47e240ec599765fd5ba74b6054aed (diff) | |
download | src-ac4b78d2803571dbd9cbe0c0e3e26735447a249a.tar.gz src-ac4b78d2803571dbd9cbe0c0e3e26735447a249a.zip |
Mention a bug in lpd that causes a core dump if a request is made for
a file format where no filter is assigned.
Pointed out by: Richard_Pontefract@vos.stratus.com
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=13311
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/lpr')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 index 1c9f0330dd6c..80b9f466a785 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 @@ -247,3 +247,13 @@ but not under same administrative control. An .Nm daemon appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. +.Sh BUGS +.Nm Lpd +tends to dump core if a request specifies a file format where no filter +is assigned. This may be particular annoying if somebody is not aware +of the file format specification, such as for a DOS client that always +specifies the +.Em v +format. The workaround is to assign a dummy filter for these file +formats, e. g. a +.Xr cat 1 . |