Bugtraq: Re: Troff dangerous.

[vnummela () LUT FI (Ville Nummela)]

Eric Moore wrote:

> Another, perhaps less intrusive/time consuming alternative is to
> change the TROFF and NROFF lines in /etc/man.conf with:
>
> TROFF           /usr/bin/groff -S -Tps -mandoc
> NROFF           /usr/bin/groff -S -Tascii -mandoc
>
> (that is, add the -S switch)
>
>        -S     Safer mode.  Pass the -S option to pic and use  the
>               -msafer macros with troff.
Ok.. Should I use "-S" or "-msafer" and what's the difference?


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