error with man

Karthik Vishwanath karthik at northstar.dartmouth.edu
Mon Feb 24 11:22:57 EST 2003


On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, mike ledoux wrote:

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> Please don't top post.
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 12:03:52AM -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> > its gunzip. The /etc/man.config had a line that read: 
> > 
> > .gz            /usr/bin/gunzip -c
> > changing that to 
> > .gz            /bin/gunzip -c, 
> > solved the error. /usr/bin/gunzip was a bash script, while /bin/gunzip was
> > an executable. Why does this distinction exist? 
> 
> That's strange.  /usr/bin/gunzip should just be a symlink to /bin/gunzip.
> What are the contents of /usr/bin/gunzip?  Is it possible that this
> machine has been compromised?
> 


Can I verify if the machine's compromised? Have attached the script of
/usr/bin/gunzip to this email (if thats not protocol, apologies).


Thanks,
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#!/bin/sh
# artsdsp - wrapper script to allow *some* binary only programs to use artsd
# based on the esddsp script

# keep this in sync with artsversion.h
version="1.0.0"

# default values for script variables
verbose=0
set_name=0
single_thread=0

# check for artsdsp options
while test $# -gt 0; do

    case "$1" in

	-h|--help)
	    echo "artsdsp - attempt to reroute audio device to artsd"
	    echo " "
	    echo "artsdsp [options] application arguments"
	    echo " "
	    echo "options:"
	    echo "-h, --help                show brief help"
	    echo "-n, --name=NAME           use name to identify player to artsd"
	    echo "-m, --mmap                emulate memory mapping (i.e. for quake)"
        echo "-s, --single-threaded     use the single-threaded version"
	    echo "-v, --verbose             show parameters"
	    echo "-V, --version             show version"
	    exit 0
	    ;;

	-n)
	    shift
	    if test $# -gt 0; then
		export ARTSDSP_NAME=$1
	    else
		echo "no player name specified"
		exit 1
	    fi
	    shift
	    set_name=1
	    ;;

	--name*)
	    export ARTSDSP_NAME=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//g'`
	    set_name=1
	    shift
	    ;;

	-v|--verbose)
	    verbose=1
	    shift
	    ;;

	-V|--version)
	    echo "artsdsp $version"
	    exit
	    ;;

	-m|--mmap)
	    export ARTSDSP_MMAP=1
	    shift
	    ;;

    -s|--single-threaded)
        single_thread=1
        shift
        ;;

	*)
	    # no more artsdsp options, get on with life
	    break
	    ;;
    esac
done

# echo options if verbose specified
if test "$verbose" = 1; then
    ARTSDSP_VERBOSE=1
    export ARTSDSP_VERBOSE
    echo "artsdsp:       $version"
    echo "name:          $ARTSDSP_NAME"
    echo "command line:  $@"
    if test "$single_thread" = 1; then
        echo "threaded:      no"
    else
        echo "threaded:      yes"
    fi
fi

# setup artsdsp preload to hijack calls made to /dev/dsp
prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib

if test "$single_thread" = 1; then
  LD_PRELOAD=${libdir}/libartsdsp_st.so.0
else
  LD_PRELOAD=${libdir}/libartsdsp.so.0:${libdir}/libartsc.so.0
fi
if test -f /lib/libdl.so.2; then
  LD_PRELOAD=$LD_PRELOAD:/lib/libdl.so.2
fi
export LD_PRELOAD

# invoke the program with the args given
exec "$@"


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