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From: mgallagh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Michael Gallagher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Security holes.
Keywords: understood.
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Date: 10 Apr 91 15:31:21 GMT
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Thanks to  all who replied to my query about what I thought was a security
 hole [via rm] in Minix.

Had not known that if a directory is world-writeable, one could bypass file
protections. That is of interesting.  Guess there's a  bit more to study.....


 -Mike G.