ftpd security bug revisited: patches for 4.2bsd

[Robert Seals]

In article <565 at comdesign.CDI.COM>, pst at comdesign.cdi.com (Paul Traina) writes:
> Disclaimer: I *think* it works right,  but don't bet your life on it.

I agree, after trying to patch my Ultrix system. But, now in 
/usr/spool/mqueue/syslog, I periodically get messages like this:

Nov 16 10:55:03 localhost: 19621 ftpd: ioctl: Operation not supported on socket

Should I be frightened? Concerned? Amused? Go back to the orig?

rob