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From: libove@libove.det.dec.com (Jay Vassos-Libove)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.1 still has the mv/rename symlink bug?
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Date: 31 Jan 91 19:42:18 GMT
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In-reply-to: paisley@cme.nist.gov's message of 30 Jan 91 23:07:22 GMT

Oops. Well, I should have called that feature a "feature" - I have gone
and found a nice reproduceable way for a non-privileged user to crash
an ultrix v4.1 system using an extension of this mv/symlink bug... and
I have submitted a Quality Assurance Report on the problem.
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Jay Vassos-Libove                  libove@libove.det.dec.com
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