Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 19:42:03 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: Andrew.Tridgell@anu.edu.au Cc: julian@whistle.com, terry@lambert.org, Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fix for symlinks in /tmp (fwd) FYI Message-ID: <199610190242.TAA02619@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <96Oct19.105109%2B1000est.65045-172%2B229@arvidsjaur.anu.edu.au> from "Andrew Tridgell" at Oct 19, 96 10:50:55 am
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> > how about > > "It breaks Posix semantics" > > ? > > Does posix really say something about this?? I don't have a posix > standard handy here at home, can someone have a look? Actually, PSIX does mandate sticky bit behaviour in directories. The historical BSD behavior is group inheritance, actually, totally unrelated to the behaviour needed for the bug (I think). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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