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to: Stephen Walsh
from: Michiel Broek
date: 2007-06-08 21:00:10
subject: Re: MBSE on FreeBSD Bugs?

Hi Stephen,

Stephen Walsh wrote to Michiel Broek:
SW> Hello Michiel.
SW> 
SW> 05 Jun 07 20:24, you wrote to me:
SW> 
SW>  SW>  MB>> the permissions and owner. -rw-r----- 1 mbse bbs 61208
SW>  SW>  MB>> 2006-02-21
SW>  SW>>
SW>  SW>> I found that the input field to mbfile isn't log enough to take
SW>  SW>> all the input i was giving it. If i made the description shorter
SW>  SW>> the file got added to the file base.
SW> 
SW>  MB> How long was that description? It looks like some buffer overwrite.
SW> 
SW> 
SW>  "mbfile[50010] Command line: mbfile a 6 tm-d700a.exe Kenwood DM700 
SW> controll
SW> software"
SW> 
SW> I would not call that a long description. the description starts with the 
SW> word
SW> Kenwood.

The command should be:

mbfile a 6 tm-d700a.exe "Kenwood DM700 controll software"

Anyway, if you leave the quotes out it will now still import, but just the
first word of the description. I adjusted the help message too.




    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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