Re: Intent to package: uedit
hmm an editor that opens /dev/mem...
that _IS_ evil!
hmmm...sounds like a pointless port of some DOS "crackers" tool
in fact...I rmemeber a DOS tool like this...but instead of editing it
just displayed memory contents
(Win95 did NOT like that running in a window)
I am curious....
is there any "legal" reason to open /dev/mem
(or even a semi-sane reason?)
oh well...not much point here :)
-Steve
On Fri, 1 May 1998, Robert Woodcock wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Igor Grobman wrote:
> > O my god!! This is true. I downloaded it, and the README is pretty much
> > what James has written. I tried starting it, and it managed to kill
> > exmh, but not all of X exiting with "Setup Eror: Unable to Initialize
> > Program". What a pity, it failed to kill X :).
>
> > Um... I suddenly have a strange desire to destroy someone or something.
>
> Well, after making a user to test this out with:
>
> mercury:/home/rcw/Uedit_0.9c$ strace ./Uedit
> execve("./Uedit", ["./Uedit"], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0) = 0x19000
> ioctl(0, KDSETMODE, 0) = 0
> ioctl(0, VT_WAITACTIVE, 0) = -1 ENXIO (Device not configured)
> ioctl(0, VT_SETMODE, 0x18ef8) = 0
> ioctl(0, VT_RELDISP, 0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
> sigaction(SIGUSR1, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
> open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> fstat(1, {st_mode=S_ISGID|010, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> brk(0x1c000) = 0x1c000
> brk(0x1d000) = 0x1d000
> ioctl(1, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> write(1, "Setup Error: Unable To Initializ"..., 42Setup Error: Unable To
> Initialize Program
> ) = 42
> _exit(0) = ?
>
> Yeah, that's right, an editor that opens /dev/mem.
>
> I'm also wondering why, in 1998, this guy is releasing a.out binaries,
> without source. <valley>It's just like, you know, so... *retro!*</valley>
> :)
>
> Sick. Disgusting. Wrong.
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> -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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