[Opendnssec-develop] [OpenDNSSEC] #195: Robust handling of external command calls

[Rickard Bellgrim]

Any ideas on this one?

On 11 nov 2010, at 11.53, OpenDNSSEC wrote:

> #195: Robust handling of external command calls
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> Reporter:  Sebastian Castro <sebastian@…>            |       Owner:  sion    
>    Type:  defect                                    |      Status:  new     
> Priority:  minor                                     |   Component:  Enforcer
> Version:  trunk                                     |    Keywords:          
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> If an external command like DelegationSignerSubmitCommand or NotifyCommand
> fails in a way that goes unnoticed for popen, currently OpenDNSSEC can't
> detect it.
> 
> Attached you will find a C code that tries to popen a perl script, which
> contains a syntax error. Neither popen nor fprintf detect the error, only
> at pclose a SIGPIPE signal is sent. This means the failure goes under the
> radar.
> 
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> Ticket URL: <http://trac.opendnssec.org/ticket/195>
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