From nobody Sat May 18 23:00:46 2024 X-Original-To: doc@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VhfSZ294Wz5KB7C for ; Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VhfSY6qTsz3yBH for ; Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1716073246; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=Clny4qJRE8EKowevQl682BPkseaRoHcBj0RshoFDUFw0pi1ghCygZopkwgUBqLArPzoz/D EJM4HPNAZV09BLWFbjJaJBk9QjHPxm8//QxVta+jVHehRmj6IpaYO05O6VJBFf56Zton7X bofVmK8wiQf5HtujMIMrmuFZxgedFW/w/Xe48pZF29dJ30i3gYSMYZHwYI+RQlLH7ms+7h FWaHlil4BdsrfYHiOZhum/eK95UqUIPAMj88zzJNMsl8fL0ybGTCrJQbf9rAcusjWYTRVQ G4At6Wa3yS1DfPezjYpb2BWpOk/hZcWE5VHqxT94KV5cNaOCBasGB21c1DtFbA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1716073246; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=RpBPkzHv/WuWCg49Ee5YBAttV7Hgs+x3Atlp8Hc3v8M=; b=MiJX7E8cxZnqYpZSYOrTmG05mQgKKWdoxPnNoHOmmG/8hJnL37GEPNK5nhAbToVdtZl68z OVaeXh5fgeNYKcvnm6Xxkhxx02wPWvYN4IXRMFq2INFp6I83Wl42mrzfvH/72uGRrO1T38 nB++RrTPbJnHwyaMOhXLjSGHAG4HRJkiyuD18siqEFX+BDe6JhBCyu+SLD+6s1rj5/Xc/U HNvYLcPNLCNXXvQ5HfgQ400koug4qzZClqpgPLX6MzpB8D0hajQdEmprClkPTZlrjDDsDw Wy/RJ1i6Kpd7Th2hEshgjDvFSVuj7J1km8npVZXgctVk/MhxgYfG51Ko25SfRg== Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VhfSY5RdlzlMf for ; Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 44IN0jEj079740 for ; Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:45 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 44IN0jfv079738 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:45 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 262895] access(2) man page should mention softlinks Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 23:00:46 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Documentation X-Bugzilla-Component: Manual Pages X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: jamie@catflap.org X-Bugzilla-Status: In Progress X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: gbe@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Documentation project List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-doc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D262895 --- Comment #7 from Jamie Landeg-Jones --- (In reply to Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav from comment #6) Fair enough. Obviously, even in my use case, there could be a potential race condition, so I suppose its use as an existence test can only be considered= to give historical information. Might it be an idea when you remove that line to suggest in its place what would be the best alternative to use? I think some people will be more like= ly to follow the security advice if they are given an alternative! --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=