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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Ideas for changes to Unix filesystem
Message-ID: <27BC2E07.673D@tct.uucp>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:52:54 GMT
References: <BZS.91Feb9234906@world.std.com> <27B98C54.66F9@tct.uucp> <BZS.91Feb14042459@world.std.com>
Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL
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According to bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein):
>>What if flink() were permitted only on file descriptors open for
>>O_RDWR without O_APPEND?
>
>Except now you can come back later, say a week later, and re-open the
>file (assuming the file protexns were ok), without the setuid program.

Well, okay.

Idea #2: Allow flink() only if you are the owner of the file or the
superuser.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
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