Re: syntax changes in cfservd.conf, 2.0.8p1

[Iain Morgan]

On Thu Nov 20 12:46:36 2003, Marion Hakanson wrote:
> 
> > Well, then you'll have to solve more problems than you need to.
> > There is no reason not to go to 2.1.0p1.
> > . . .
> 
> Except that 2.1.0p1 appears to have this same bug.  Here's the code
> from src/parse.c, function HandleServerRule(), in both 2.1.0p1 and 2.0.8p1:
> 
> ============================================
> void HandleServerRule(object)
> 
> char *object;
> 
> { char buffer[bufsize];
> 
> ExpandVarstring(object,buffer,"");
> Debug("HandleServerRule(%s=%s)\n",object,buffer);
> 
>  if (*object == '/')
>     {
>     Debug("\n\nNew admit/deny object=%s\n",buffer);
>     strcpy(CURRENTAUTHPATH,buffer);
>     }
>  else
> . . .
> ============================================
> 
> 
> The fix is to change
> 
>  if (*object == '/')
> 
> to
> 
>  if (*buffer == '/')
> 
> 
> It's hard to believe I'm the only person in the world to use variables
> in my cfservd.conf....
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Marion Hakanson <hakanson@cse.ogi.edu>
> CSE Computing Facilities
> 

You're not the only one to encounter this issue.

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Iain Morgan
NAS Desktop Support Group