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From: u-beasth%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (bryant eastham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Alias Problem ('Feature')
Keywords: alias partition
Message-ID: <1991May1.110657.19252@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 17:06:57 GMT
Sender: Bryant Eastham
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Center for Engineering Design
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  I have noticed an interesting side effect of aliases.  Say that I have
a PASSWORDED partition on my hard disk (from Silverlining). I mount it and
have to type the password.  I then create an alias to something on that
partition and copy it somewhere else (another partition).  Then I throw
away the partition that contains the now aliased file.  The trash can stays
the same, indicating (to me) that it is empty.  I open the alias and, what
do you know! my partition returns WITHOUT TYPING THE PASSWORD!

  This seems to be an incredible security hole.  The only way to get the
partition NOT to come back is to reset the machine (that I know of).

  Responses? Comments? Is this a 'feature' or a real bug?

  Bryant Eastham
  bryant@ced.utah.edu