Bugs in shadow-970502-2
The latest release (shadow-970502-2) has a bug in libmisc/mail.c
that causes login to segfault when checking for new mail. Yes,
I have tested this version before releasing it (really!), but
unfortunately I had MAIL_CHECK_ENAB disabled (by mistake) on my
machine and the bug didn't show up.
Workaround: edit /etc/login.defs and set MAIL_CHECK_ENAB to "no".
Fix: apply this small pseudo-patch to libmisc/mail.c -
- if (!(maildir = getenv("MAILDIR"))) {
+ if ((maildir = getenv("MAILDIR"))) {
This really stupid bug was introduced by me when I added Qmail
support - that's what I get for late night (== early morning)
hacking :).
serek.arch.pwr.wroc.pl has no files, and my account on that machine
doesn't exist anymore. I don't yet know what happened. But
ftp.ists.pwr.wroc.pl is back, and shadow-970502-2 is there -
ftp://ftp.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow/beta/shadow_970502-2.tar.gz
(still with the bug).
Unfortunately, it will be a few more days before I can release
the new, fixed version. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Marek
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