Re: broken flock() in linux 1.3.95

Brian A. Lantz (brian@lantz.com)
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 07:31:31 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Joel Maslak wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Linux Kernel mail list account wrote:
>
> > fcntl_setlk() called by process 71 with broken flock() emulation
>
> Upgrade to libc 5.2.18 or >. Note 5.3.9 - 5.3.11 (and perhaps others)
> have a rlogin security bug.

Except that it is NOT that simple.....

ALL non-ELF executables (using locking) will cause this continual complaint.
Just changing to a recent ELF libc will only fix the problem if you are
100% ELF.

Otherwise, patch OUT the warning, or get flooded with messages...........

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