On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 04:51:45PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Thomas Dickey: > > > It's a #define. But the change to use the home directory is in the > > wrong place. I'd point out that it doesn't solve the problem, and > > that the program is still subject to the same issue as reported, [...] > > This is not correct. Gracious write operations to the home directory
Then address my comment in the context of the original report. OP claimed among other things that this is a problem with files downloaded by lynx. (this thread is dead as far as I'm concerned, since it's presenting no new information, just harrassment). > are considered a security problem, but file creation in other > directories does not share this problem. Unless software > automatically interprets certain files in the current directory, which > is a very bad thing to do for that reason. > > It seems to me that the patch should be changed to prepend the home > directory if the configured path is not absolute (that is, does not > start with a slash). Did you read the patch which I made _before_ this all started, or are you simply replying to the general discussion? -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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