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SubjectRe: buglet in ext2 sticky bit?
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Fuzzy Fox <fox@foxtaur.com> writes:

> > AFAIK a file writable for everyone should be deletable when +t on the
> > parent dir.
>
> I disagree. A malicious user could remove the "aap" file, and then
> recreate it with permissions that disallow writes by others.

Can you give a concrete example? If he is malicious, why does he have
write access to the file in the first place? If the existence of the
file is that important, why is it in a directory with write access?

Jan

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