Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] revoke/frevoke system calls V2 | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:42:07 +0100 |
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Ar Mer, 2006-08-09 am 10:41 +0200, ysgrifennodd Edgar Toernig: > > If I own the file I can make it a symlink to a pty/tty pair > > I can revoke a pty/tty pair > > With the EIO/EOF behaviour that's not a problem - apps that deal > with ttys have to expect that condition.
Think about it a moment - I can symlink any file to a tty/pty pair so any file I own you open might be a tty.
> Hmm... which apps have an open fd on block devices? Usually a
cdrecord, cd audio players, eject, ....
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