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Subject: Re: fix for symlinks in /tmp (fwd) FYI
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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
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