Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:31:51 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] rm can have undesired side-effects Message-ID: <20061030103151.GD871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20061030083849.GB871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20061029222847.GA68272@marvin.astase.com> <20061030003628.42bc5f8d@loki.starkstrom.lan> <45455f6a.yNcc0kkyEKpoRv3m%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20061030083849.GB871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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--OaZoDhBhXzo6bW1J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2006-Oct-30 19:38:49 +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: >the user is unaware that there are multiple links. I don't think >that just unlinking the file and issuing a warning is a good solution >because it's then virtually impossible to locate the other copy(s) >of the file, which remains viewable. I missed the fact that the warning message includes the inode number. My apologies. This reduces "virtually impossible" to "hard". I still think this current behaviour is undesirable and a security hole. Maybe someone from the SO team would like to offer their opinion - I might just have my tinfoil hat on too tight tonight. --=20 Peter Jeremy --OaZoDhBhXzo6bW1J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFRdSX/opHv/APuIcRAoTPAJ4/rZuTYI4qE2PB8nXHfqv9qcUY/wCfXpXv 8Td5NQr14YsGRE/PQ6rBPt0= =CuX4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OaZoDhBhXzo6bW1J--
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