Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:04:58 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> To: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Security problems with access(2)? Message-ID: <20010401190458.A4991@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <nospam-986086523.86272@maxim.gbch.net>; from gjb@gbch.net on Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:55:23AM %2B1000 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010331173532.40815M-100000@fledge.watson.org> <nospam-986086523.86272@maxim.gbch.net>
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On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:55:23AM +1000, Greg Black wrote: > Many years ago I implemented a new interface that I called > eaccess() which replicated the work of access, but tested > against the effective uid and gid. I'd like to see that > introduced more widely. That still isn't suffient (and even more scary) unless the parameter is a file handle or FILE pointer. We need an faccess() call, plain and simple. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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