DragonFlyBSD

I have actually used this feature before, for test scripts for a network API, but I still support removal because it could reduce attack vectors and attack surface. I use netcat now, just as suggested.

On Aug 1, 2016, at 7:09 PM, bugtracker-admin@leaf.dragonflybsd.org wrote:

Issue #2933 has been reported by sevan.

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Submit #2933: Remove unix domain socket support from cat(1)
http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/2933

• Author: sevan
• Status: New
• Priority: Normal
• Assignee:
• Category: Userland
• Target version:
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  Introduced in FreeBSD¹ and inherited in DragonFly BSD, cat(1) has the ability to utilise a unix domain socket but the usecase is somewhat limited & better served by other tools eg netcat. Attached diff removes the functionality & restores previous behaviour. This feature is exclusive to FreeBSD & DragonFly BSD and has not been adopted by the other BSDs.

[1] https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/bin/cat/cat.c?r1=78732&r2=83482&view=patch

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patch-dfbsd-cat-nosocket.txt (4.32 KB)

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