On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:39:02PM +0200, Pelle Nilsson wrote: > Package: bittornado > Version: 0.3.15-1 > > Hi! > > If a torrent contains any files starting with a dot (.), bittornado > will refuse to open the torrent altogether with the error message > like this: > > ERROR (<date> <time>) - > got bad file info - path <.filename> disallowed for security reasons > > This behavior is probably inherited from the Windows version. It isn't > really justified in Windows either as far as I can see, but certainly > not in linux. A torrent-file which is affected by the problem is
I guess it is the other way round, it makes sense in linux and not in windows, what if I download a .torrent in my $HOME that writes .bashrc with malicious content? I didn't found an option to disable this, and I'm happy the way it is now though :) filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows:
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