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| author | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-01-07 15:49:15 +0000 |
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| committer | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-01-07 15:49:15 +0000 |
| commit | 955a49a837a562227f07965c87ac363504e3f82f (patch) | |
| tree | 83dfbf0f072bd928e914eff452b2a0a617b170ff /usr.sbin/lpr/lpd | |
| parent | 63fe9a2fe6973e921d6f9f6145e202bc0615016d (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-955a49a837a562227f07965c87ac363504e3f82f.zip FreeBSD-src-955a49a837a562227f07965c87ac363504e3f82f.tar.gz | |
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
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/lpr/lpd')
| -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 1c9f033..80b9f46 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 . |
