Description of problem: It seems that telnetd/setproctitle.c sets up a string long as args + environment, then it proceeds to fill with blanks what's after the last useful chars (ie: hostname). The primary effect of this is that /proc/X/cmdline has many blanks at the end (espacially if you have a bing environment) The side effect of this is that when you do "ps ax|less", "ps ax|more" (but not simple "ps ax" or "ps ax > file") output will look like Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): telnet-server-0.17-26 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. "ps ax|less" 2. look at the output Actual Results (blank lines in output): ======== 1117 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald] 13127 ? S 0:00 in.telnetd: myhost 13128 ? S 0:00 login -- mylogin ========= Expected Results: ========= 1117 ? SW 0:00 [kjournald] 13127 ? S 0:00 in.telnetd: myhost 13128 ? S 0:00 login -- mylogin ========== Additional info: Possible solution (the one involving minimal code modification): --- telnetd/setproctitle.c.orig 2004-06-24 19:47:44.000000000 +0200 +++ telnetd/setproctitle.c 2004-06-24 19:47:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ (void) strcpy(Argv[0], buf); p = &Argv[0][i]; while (p < LastArgv) - *p++ = ' '; + *p++ = '\0'; Argv[1] = NULL; }
good point! Thx!
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html