FS#68500 - [mc] Midnight Commander should probably not be compiled with --enable-vfs-smb
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Opened by Riccardo Paolo Bestetti (vmsh0) - Monday, 02 November 2020, 09:24 GMT
Last edited by George Rawlinson (rawlinsong) - Sunday, 15 January 2023, 06:48 GMT
Opened by Riccardo Paolo Bestetti (vmsh0) - Monday, 02 November 2020, 09:24 GMT
Last edited by George Rawlinson (rawlinsong) - Sunday, 15 January 2023, 06:48 GMT
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Description:
From the PKGBUILD for Midnight Commander (mc package): ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --enable-vfs-smb \ --with-screen=slang \ --with-x The --enable-vfs-smb flag enables SMB support, which has been broken for a really long time[1], since apparently[2] it still uses an SMB implementation copied straight from Samba, dated 1995. This is of course a security risk. Also, in my experience, it just doesn't work most of the time when using with recent SMB servers, giving generic error messages such as "Cannot chdir to /smb://[share name]". [1]: https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/1 [2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520114#12 Additional info: * package version(s): 4.8.25-3 * link to upstream bug report, if any: https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/1 Steps to reproduce: n/a |
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Closed by George Rawlinson (rawlinsong)
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 06:48 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in 4.8.29-1
Sunday, 15 January 2023, 06:48 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Fixed in 4.8.29-1
Comment by
Riccardo Paolo Bestetti (vmsh0) -
Monday, 02 November 2020, 11:02 GMT
(apologies, I forgot to put the package name in the title - maybe
someone could fix that.)