Re: /bin/false (was Re: security questions)

[miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010292346210.4223-100000@decoy.ath.cx>,
sena  <sena@decoy.ath.cx> wrote:
>I heard that Jonathan Markevich wrote this on 29/10/00:
>
>> However, writing one in C proved to be simple, and an afternoon's worth
>> of fun. 
>>
>--(snip - false.c)--
>	int main() { return 1; }
>--(snip - false.c)--
>10 seconds writing plus 3 minutes worth of fun is more like it... :)

Ah, way too big ...

#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>

int errno;

_syscall1(void, exit, int, status);

int main(void)
{
	exit(1);
}

void *_start = main;

Compile with cc -s -o false -nostdlib false.c

Mike.
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