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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | daemon/misc.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2007-05-09 Brian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com> + * daemon/misc.c: In gdm_fdgetc must used an unsigned char + buffer here because the GUI sends username/password data + as utf8 and the daemon will interpret any character sent + with its high bit set as EOF unless we used unsigned here. + +2007-05-09 Brian Cameron <brian.cameron@sun.com> + * daemon/slave.c: No longer unset MAIL when starting a user session. Now set PWD before starting a user session which fixes problems when the user's $HOME directory is a symlink. diff --git a/daemon/misc.c b/daemon/misc.c index a7ff2337..76e6887e 100644 --- a/daemon/misc.c +++ b/daemon/misc.c @@ -1073,9 +1073,15 @@ gdm_test_opt (const char *cmd, const char *help, const char *option) int gdm_fdgetc (int fd) { - char buf[1]; + unsigned char buf[1]; int bytes; + /* + * Must used an unsigned char buffer here because the GUI sends + * username/password data as utf8 and the daemon will interpret + * any character sent with its high bit set as EOF unless we + * used unsigned here. + */ VE_IGNORE_EINTR (bytes = read (fd, buf, 1)); if (bytes != 1) return EOF; |