However, when I have a program that forks and execs tel like:
pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) {
perror("fork failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (pid == 0) {
execlp("tel", "tel", user, what, (char *)0);
perror("execlp tel failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
and pass the string "la\nla\nla\n" to execlp()
The person sees
la
la
la
I'm pretty sure the exec() is clobbering tel. In the source code for tel, I see
void dotelegram(bool nl)
{
int ch;
/* Ask the user for a message if we don't already have one */
if (telmsg == NULL || telmsg[0] == '\0' || telmsg[0] == '\n')
{
if (nl) putchar('\n');
printf("Msg: ");
fgets(telmsg= linebuf, LBSIZE, stdin);
if (telmsg[0] == '\n') done(0);
}
/* slow down if we are sending stuff too fast */
if (f_wrthist != NULL)
{
sleep(check_flood());
register_tel();
}
/* send him a banner, if we weren't writing him already */
if (!nested_write())
sendbanner();
/* Send the telegram */
is_writing= TRUE;
while (*telmsg != '\0')
sendchar(*(telmsg++));
if (rec_only)
printf("SAVED\n");
else
printf("SENT\n");
}
I was thinking that tel might be confusing "string related" lines with "logical related" lines.
Possible ideas what might be going on or what to look for in the source code?
I get the following
[cda@localhost ~]$ ./flood2 cda "la\\nla\\nla\\n"
cda logged on more than once
Telegram to pts/2...Telegram from cda on pts/2 at 19:22 PDT ...
la\nla\nla\n
SENT
EOF (cda)
[cda@localhost ~]$ ./flood2 cda la\\nla\\nla\\n
cda logged on more than once
Telegram to pts/2...Telegram from cda on pts/2 at 19:24 PDT ...
la\nla\nla\n
SENT
EOF (cda)
The exact same behavior as if I were just passing the strings via tel. Notice how the '\n' doest get 'interpreted'
Now I'm really puzzled as to why, when I fork the process, the newlines get interpreted. Could is be maybe some kind of funy shell trick tel might be doing?
I know in wrt_sig.c, there is the following sheep trick with the shell
Code:
#ifdef USER_SHELL
/* WSYSTEM: A modified version of the system() command that uses the user's
* own shell (as specified by the "SHELL" environment variable) instead of
* always using sh.
*/
void wsystem(char *cmd)
{
register int cpid,wpid;
RETSIGTYPE (*old_intr)(), (*old_quit)();
char *shell;
if ((cpid = fork()) == 0)
{
dup2(2,1);
/*setuid(getuid()); setgid(getgid());*/
endutent();
if ((shell= getenv("SHELL")) == NULL) shell= "/bin/sh";
execl(shell,leafname(shell),"-c",cmd,(char *)NULL);
fprintf(stderr,"%s: cannot execute shell %s\n", progname,shell);
exit(-1);
}
old_intr = signal(SIGINT,SIG_IGN);
old_quit = signal(SIGQUIT,SIG_IGN);
while ((wpid = wait((int *)0)) != cpid && wpid != -1)
;
signal(SIGINT,old_intr);
signal(SIGQUIT,old_quit);
}
int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
int s=0;
int pid=fork();
if (!pid) {
execlp("tel","tel",argv[1],argv[2],NULL);
_exit(1);
}
waitpid(pid,&s,0);
return s;
}
Below is a crude, but working example of what I mean. Please be gentle on the coding errors.
Code:
/*I wrote the original base code. I only know of one person that has taken this code and improved upon it.
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <string.h>
#define PATH "/home/cda/input"
#define COUNT 20
#define MAXLINE 1024
enum
{
/*NINSULTS = sizeof(insults) / sizeof(insults[0]),*/
PAUSE = 3,
TIMES = 24
};
void init(void)
{
/*system("mesg -ye -r -xw");*/
system("mesg n");
}
static void
tel(char *user, char *what)
{
pid_t pid;
/*int status;*/
pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) {
perror("fork failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (pid == 0) {
execlp("tel", "tel", user, what, (char *)0);
perror("execlp tel failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/*status = 0;
wait(&status);
if (status != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "tel failed, bailing.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}*/
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char **users;
int i, j, k;
char **strarray = NULL;
int strcount = 0;
char line[MAXLINE];
FILE *fp;
char *new;
int status;
if (argc < 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: telflood user[s].\n");
return(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/*i need to get around to fixing this*/
init();
for(j=0; j < COUNT; j++) {
if ((fp = fopen(PATH,"r")) == NULL){
exit(1);
}
while((fgets(line, MAXLINE, fp)) != NULL) {
strarray = (char **)realloc(strarray, (strcount + 1) * sizeof(char *));
strarray[strcount++] = strdup(line);
}
}
/*char *new = malloc(5*strlen(strarray[0]) + (strlen(strarray[0])+1) );*/
new=malloc(85*strlen(strarray[0]) + (strlen(strarray[0]) + 1) );
for(k=0; k<80; k++){
strcat(new, strarray[0]);
}
for (i = 1, j = -1; i < TIMES; i++) {
for (users = argv + 1; *users; users++) {
/*tel(*users, insults[j = ((j + 1) % NINSULTS)]);*/
tel(*users, new);
sleep(PAUSE);
status = 0;
wait(&status);
if (status != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "tel failed, bailing.\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/*sleep(PAUSE);*/
}
}
for(i = 0; i < COUNT; i++)
free((void *)strarray[i]);
free((void *)strarray);
free(new);
fclose(fp);
return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
[cda@localhost ~]$ more input
la
[cda@localhost ~]$ ./flood cdalten
cda logged on more than once
Telegram to pts/5...Telegram from cda on pts/5 at 21:12 PDT ...
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