> That all looks reasonable. Unfortunatly, you stopped one short of the
> place amandad is failing :-). What about version_info[21]?
$1 = 0x2 <Address 0x2 out of bounds> blah
> OK, then try the above first. If that does not show up as a null
> pointer (which it shouldn't since it's what's causing the failure),
> set a breakpoint at line 130 (set_pname) and print version_info[21].
> If it shows up as a null pointer at that point, step through the code
> with "next" and check it after each statement. When it goes bad, the
> previous line is the one that clobbered it.
(gdb) break 130
Breakpoint 1 at 0x11abc: file amandad.c, line 130.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/libexec/amandad
warning: Lowest section in /usr/lib/libintl.so.1 is .hash at 00000074
Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0xffbefc34) at amandad.c:130
130 set_pname("amandad");
(gdb) print version_info[21]
$1 = 0x2 <Address 0x2 out of bounds>
No null pointer, but I went ahead and stepped through the code anyway.
Breakpoint 1 at 0x11abc: file amandad.c, line 130.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/libexec/amandad
warning: Lowest section in /usr/lib/libintl.so.1 is .hash at 00000074
Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0xffbefc34) at amandad.c:130
130 set_pname("amandad");
132 malloc_size_1 = malloc_inuse(&malloc_hist_1);
134 erroutput_type = (ERR_INTERACTIVE|ERR_SYSLOG);
136 pwname = CLIENT_LOGIN;
137 pwptr = getpwnam(pwname);
142 if(geteuid() == 0) {
163 chdir("/"); /* someplace not world writable */
164 umask(077);
165 dbopen();
168 dup2(db_fd, 1);
169 dup2(db_fd, 2);
172 dbprintf(("%s: version %s\n", argv[0], version()));
173 for(vp = version_info; *vp != NULL; vp++)
174 dbprintf(("%s: %s", argv[0], *vp));
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0xff0b6e94 in strlen () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks,
-Ben
