Re: Release critical bugs take #2.

[Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>]

At 00:00 +0200 1999-08-10, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> > Package: login (main).
> > Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
> >   38729 login: /etc/limits is world-readable
> > [HELP] Determine is program or manpage right
> Where is the problem? Why shouldn't the users know about the limits imposed on
> them?
> >   40398 login: Client host/address not logged when users telnet in.
> [BUG] I can reproduce this. Seems to be a small problem in the source.

Upstream decided that /etc/limits shouldn't be world readable as a 
response to that bug.

I am allegedly working on an NMU of the latest upstream shadow, but 
have decided not to touch it until this /usr/share/doc crap blows 
over.
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