Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 20:18:14 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: ache@nagual.pp.ru (=?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?=) Cc: guido@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-gnu@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/sort sort.c Message-ID: <199803061918.UAA13548@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <19980306220751.23226@nagual.pp.ru> from "[______ ______]" at "Mar 6, 98 10:07:51 pm"
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[______ ______] wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:00:27AM -0800, Guido van Rooij wrote: > > guido 1998/03/06 11:00:27 PST > > > > Modified files: > > gnu/usr.bin/sort sort.c > > Log: > > Open temporary files with O_EXCL. > > Obtained from:bugtraq > > This change cause sort fails if someone makes file with the same name. > It means that anybody can stop root's sort in progress (f.e. valuable > things sorted) or any user sort. Non-fixed sort allows more, of course, Yes. But without it, anyone can have root's sort process overwrite any file (via symlinks). -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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