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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +Mon Aug 27 19:10:50 2007 Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> + + * ext/etc/etc.c (etc_getlogin): update documentation to note + security issue. [ruby-Bugs-11821] + Mon Aug 27 15:56:48 2007 Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org> * string.c (sym_encoding): return the encoding of a Symbol. diff --git a/ext/etc/etc.c b/ext/etc/etc.c index 94c8b6b85f..7c8fba3b8f 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' |