Re: bug in minicom 1.75 ?

From: Christian Hudon (chrishat_private)
Date: Mon Aug 31 1998 - 17:14:41 PDT

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    On Sunday, August 30, Koji wrote
    > Hi all.
    >=20
    [snip]
    > # minicom `perl -e 'print "0" x 1000;'`
    > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
    >=20
    
    On Debian 2.0 (minicom 1.75-3), I get the following results:
    
    chrish@pianocktail:[~] >minicom `perl -e 'print "0" x 1000;'`
    Sorry 00000000000000000000000000000. You are not allowed to use configurati=
    on 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=
    000000000000000000
    Ask your sysadm to add your name to /etc/minicom.users
    
    Also, minicom is not installed setuid/setgid on Debian. (If you want someon=
    e=20
    to have access to your modem for dialing out, you add them to the dialout
    group.)
    
      Christian
    
    
    
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