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bug#12366: [gnu-prog-discuss] bug#12366: Writing unwritable files

From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: bug#12366: [gnu-prog-discuss] bug#12366: Writing unwritable files
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:38:00 +0200
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Il 06/09/2012 19:23, Paul Eggert ha scritto:
>> > The file replacement is atomic.  The reading of the file is not.
> Sure, but the point is that from the end user's
> point of view, 'sed -i' is not atomic, and can't
> be expected to be atomic.

Atomic file replacement is what matters for security.

Paolo
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