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| author | matz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2007-08-27 10:16:25 +0000 |
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| committer | matz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e> | 2007-08-27 10:16:25 +0000 |
| commit | 03785cd9b18791828b584941eb81cc7754e72ba5 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e8f793e31e4a3d56557b4c9c409e91014b327de /ext/etc | |
| parent | 3c91f332c546c767b849354da5ec38710f7eab47 (diff) | |
* ext/etc/etc.c (etc_getlogin): update documentation to note
security issue. [ruby-Bugs-11821]
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@13285 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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| -rw-r--r-- | ext/etc/etc.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/etc/etc.c b/ext/etc/etc.c index 486963378b..ecb9e16411 100644 --- a/ext/etc/etc.c +++ b/ext/etc/etc.c @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ char *getenv(); char *getlogin(); /* Returns the short user name of the currently logged in user. + * Unfortunately, it is often rather easy to fool getlogin(). + * Avoid getlogin() for security-related purposes. * * e.g. * Etc.getlogin -> 'guest' |