Re: ls bug.

[Chris Faulhaber <jedgar () fxp org>]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 08:27:38AM +0200, Ehud Tenenbaum wrote:
> Greetings,
...
> ls reading flags from filename which might lead to root backdoor as a
> concept, i.e. cat >-ls;id and the wait for root to ls * .

The problem is your shell is expanding the '*' before ls(1)
is called so ls(1) sees:

ls -ls <your files here> ...

Try adding a '--' before the '*':

$ ls -- *

which should give you the correct output.

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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar () fxp org - jedgar () FreeBSD org
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