Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:58:39 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Odd filesystem permission handling |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> 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.
Don't *wham* keep *WHAM* homedirs *WHAM* on root fs *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM* That's it. And don't let users create anything on critical filesystems. Otherwise you are in for much more straightforward fsckups.
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