Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:16:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net>, Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Subject: Re: Security problems with access(2)? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010402101428.89163C-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20010401232526.A9586@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:02:11PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> > eaccess_file(2) - Using effective credentials, check to see if the
> > requested access is permitted on the file or directory identified by the
> > provided pathname.
>
> Why not stick to existing naming practices?
> eaccess()
I'm not attached to the names, but this is in line with the naming
conventions from POSIX.1e (acl_*_{fd,file}(), cap_*_{fd,file}(), et al).
I'm quite happy to move to an eaccess() and feaccess() model. The patches
are quite minimal, so I'll post them later today when I check that the
name-changed version compiles and runs properly still :-).
Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services
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