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SubjectRe: ext4 features
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Avi Kivity <avi@argo.co.il> writes:

>> What if the "undeleted" file contained /etc/shadow because someone
>> was changing password at the time? :-)
>>
>
> As the undeleter already had read access to the raw device,
> /etc/shadow was already compromised.

I understand only root had access, but the file in question might be
requested by a user. Of course root should have known the consequences
but...
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Krzysztof Halasa
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