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Message-ID: <Pine.BSM.4.64L.2501042213480.18254@herc.mirbsd.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: Thorsten Glaser <tg@...bsd.de>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: crypt(3) returns "*" from read-only region, segfaulting
passwd(1) on Alpine for long passwords
Quentin Rameau dixit:
>> Given it’s defined as returning a writable [...] string,
>
>Could you explain where this is defined?
The manpages document it as returning a 'char *' and,
at the same time, do not explicitly forbid writing to
that location.
I’m certain that this is only due to the age of the API,
but it won’t do to break it now.
bye,
//mirabilos
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