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Diffstat (limited to 'namedev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | namedev.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -421,7 +421,13 @@ static int execute_program(char *path, char *value, int len) case 0: /* child */ close(STDOUT_FILENO); - dup(fds[1]); /* dup write side of pipe to STDOUT */ + + /* dup write side of pipe to STDOUT */ + dup(fds[1]); + + /* copy off our path to use incase we have too many args */ + strnfieldcpy(buffer, path, sizeof(buffer)); + if (strchr(path, ' ')) { /* exec with arguments */ pos = path; @@ -431,14 +437,16 @@ static int execute_program(char *path, char *value, int len) break; } if (args[i]) { - dbg("too many args - %d", i); - args[i] = NULL; + dbg("too many args - %d, using subshell instead '%s'", i, buffer); + retval = execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", buffer, NULL); + } else { + dbg("execute program '%s'", path); + retval = execv(args[0], args); } - retval = execv(args[0], args); } else { retval = execv(path, main_argv); } - dbg("child execve failed"); + info(FIELD_PROGRAM " execution of '%s' failed", path); exit(1); case -1: dbg("fork failed"); |