Greetings,
I have found the same problem this bug in another version (sarge/stable) of package, look below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hostname:~# strace htpasswd -b pwd tetas 102030 [much output] getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="hostname", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804c000 brk(0x806d000) = 0x806d000 stat64("pwd", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52, ...}) = 0 open("pwd", O_RDONLY|O_APPEND|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 close(3) = 0 open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have one program writing in PHP which call the htaccess for write the autentication file, and this is happens only after the my program excecuting. My system is up-to-date whith the mirror of apt mirrors.kernel.org: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch main deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib hostname:~# apt-get update [much output] hostname:~# apt-get upgrade A Ler Listas de Pacotes... Pronto Construindo Ãrvore de Dependências... Pronto 0 pacotes actualizados, 0 pacotes novos instalados, 0 a remover e 0 não actualizados. hostname:~# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Versions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kernel: 2.6.18-6-686 Locale: LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE="pt_PT.UTF-8" Shell: /bin/bash version 3.1.17(1)-release Versions of packages: ii apache2-utils 2.2.3-4+etch6 utility programs for webservers ii libapr1 1.2.7-8.2 The Apache Portable Runtime Library ii libaprutil1 1.2.7+dfsg-2 The Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i686 optimi ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-4etch3 SSL shared libraries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for my english. Have a great new year! Att.: Ygor da Rocha Parreira. Consultor de Segurança da Informação. Security Labs | Intruders Tiger Team Division http://www.intruders.com.br/ http://www.securitylabs.com.br/