246 – xffm fails on directories which include spaces

xffm fails on directories which include spaces

Status:

CLOSED: FIXED

Priority:
Medium

Severity:
major

Product:
Xffm

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Description huggie 2004-06-28 09:01:06 CEST

If you create a directory with a space in it and then try to run a program by
double clicking it, it fails.

e.g. create "foo bar" and put foo.sh in it and try to run it you'll see:
xterm: Can't execvp /home/huggie/foo: No such file or directory

Indeed this is a security bug as if /home/huggie/foo *does* exist then it will
be executed.

Looks like bad quoting to me.

Comment 1 huggie 2004-06-28 09:02:43 CEST

Oh sorry, this is http://bugs.debian.org/256623

Comment 2 edscott editbugs

2004-07-15 03:00:47 CEST

Bug not present in 4.1 branch

Comment 3 edscott editbugs

2004-07-15 03:05:48 CEST

Upgrade to 4.1.4, or remember that Joe Klemmer said that spaces in paths are a
"bad thing".

Comment 4 edscott editbugs

2004-07-15 03:13:11 CEST

Actually, I should read the bug report more carefully. There is also a problem
in 4.1, which will be fixed (today, I hope)

Comment 5 edscott editbugs

2004-07-15 03:44:34 CEST

Now it is fixed in CVS HEAD. I have no idea whether the bug is present or not
in 4.0.x.

Comment 6 Jean-François Wauthy editbugs

2004-07-15 08:13:36 CEST

huggie says it's present in 4.0.x and asked me to reopen it

Comment 7 edscott editbugs

2004-07-17 01:16:45 CEST

With improvements to xfdesktop and xfsession-manager, there seems to be little
holding back alpha-4.2, so 4.0.7 might never be released. So for the time
being, a 4.0.x fix is on hold.

Comment 8 edscott editbugs

2004-07-17 15:25:08 CEST

fix uploaded to 4_0.x branch. It should work. Please verify.

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