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Re: Troff dangerous.

From: moore () LOVECRAFT CHEM CMU EDU (Eric Moore)
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 02:38:09 -0400


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.

see also "man 7 msafer"

  -Eric

Current thread:

Re: Troff dangerous. John Robert LoVerso (Jul 25)
- Re: Troff dangerous. Nic Bellamy (Jul 25)
  - Re: Troff dangerous. Aaron Campbell (Jul 26)
- Re: Troff dangerous. Olaf Kirch (Jul 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Troff dangerous. Joel Eriksson (Jul 25)
  - Re: Troff dangerous. Pete (Jul 25)
    - Re: Troff dangerous. Robert Watson (Jul 27)
  - Re: Troff dangerous. Yozo Toda (Jul 25)
  - Re: Troff dangerous. Eric Moore (Jul 25)
    - Re: Troff dangerous. Ville Nummela (Jul 27)
- Re: Troff dangerous. Jason Thorpe (Jul 25)
  - Retrieving RDS Data... Wanderley J. Abreu Jr (Jul 26)
  - Re: Troff dangerous. Bob Beck (Jul 26)
- Re: Troff dangerous. Ronny Cook (Jul 25)
- Re: Troff dangerous. Steven M. Bellovin (Jul 26)
- Re: Troff dangerous. Groovy Pants Gus (Jul 26)