Re: BUG in ftp client on *BSD and Solaris system?

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha <strange () nsk no-ip org>]

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:36:55PM +0200, Admin wrote:
> Hello all,
> in these days I got a strange core dump using the ftp client.
> This core dump can only did by using the PUTTY ssh client...
>
> (Tested with putty 0.52)
>
>  >root@Wayreth[~]: ftp ftp.unina.it
>  >Connected to ftp.unina.it.
>  >220
>  >Name (ftp.unina.it:root): ^\Quit (core dumped)
>  >root@Wayreth[~]:
>
> for do that, just push CTRL+ù when the user is requested...

That's not a bug, that's standard behaviour. ^\, Quit, requests a core
dump from the application, which may be useful when debugging, etc..

On suid binaries, the kernel doesn't allow for a core dump.

Regards

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Luciano Rocha, strange () nsk yi org