argv[0] => host feature considered harmful

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Fri Feb 9 11:18:53 EST 2001


On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Theo de Raadt wrote:

> >do we care about 'argv[0] => host'.
> >i don't like it but it seems to be to late to drop this
> >rlogin-compatible feature. a new option seems the only
> >good option.
> 
> I would have no problem with seeing it go away.

Ditto.

-d

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