Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2003 04:16:40 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: hard links create local DoS vulnerability and security problems |
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> You seem to be suggesting that the only method is to have a separate > partition for each user, which is absurd.
In a previous life, I've seen this happen on a Solaris box, where each user's home directory was auto-mounted. I haven't tried to betray quotas at that time though.
> /tmp is owned by root and anyone can create a hard link in /tmp to > other files, on a system where /tmp doesn't have its own filesystem.
Convert /tmp to swap, mount -t tmpfs :-)
-- Matthias Andree
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