Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 21:00:30 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: nlawson@kdat.csc.calpoly.edu, newton@communica.com.au, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suspicious symlinks in /tmp Message-ID: <199602281030.VAA17622@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602280805.SAA16934@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Feb 28, 96 06:35:36 pm
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Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > Yes, but let's say Joe User tries out the ln -s command. Now he can't delete > > his symlink. This behavior is broken. A user should not be able to create > > any type of file, whether a symlink or just a normal file, that is owned > > by another user. > > How's that supposed to work? To create it, he has to have write permissions > in the destination directory; the same are required to delete it. > Grrr. Sticky bit, brain fart. Sorry. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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