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Subject: Re: Security (was: Re: Two commands: icat and ils)
To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh)
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> : exactly. Also, you already have more powerful tools like "cat" and
> : "rm" to peek at people's data or destroy information.
> 
> rm won't remove an immutable file, but if you go through the raw
> device, you can do that.  OR change the immutable file...

immutable files must reside on immutable media. Otherwise,
using standard commands as root you can easily do anything.

	Luigi