Re: Possible bufferoverflow condition in lpr, xterm and xload

[alex () bach cis temple edu (Alexander O. Yuriev)]

Your message dated: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:38:09 PDT

> I think you mean Motif. Also, there are a lot of programs that handle
> the -display option by themselves and just use the value they get to
> call XOpenDisplay(). So, don't discount anything that's not using either
> the Athena or Motif widgets.

This is incorrect. -display is handled by XtAppInitialize(), which in turn
calls XtOpenDisplay(). Application that uses standard Xt methods of
initializing toolkit never sees -display as values of argc and argv are
modified by X Toolkit. (of course one can save arc/argv[])

Best wishes,
Alex