Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: Odd filesystem permission handling | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 21:05:02 -0400 (EDT) |
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Wakko Warner writes:
>> This must be stopped: >> >> ln /etc/passwd ~/passwd >> chown user.group ~/passwd > > doesn't work:
Yes, because Linux prevents operation 2. It would be more logical (but less traditional) to prevent operation 1 instead.
For now, I'd prefer to prevent both operations. It is unsafe to allow operation 2 without getting rid of old kernels and evil links.
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