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Re: [bug #26960] firmlink opens target with client specified flags
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olafBuddenhagen |
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Re: [bug #26960] firmlink opens target with client specified flags |
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Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:27:32 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) |
Hi,
On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 04:05:52PM +0000, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote:
> firmlink opens its target file with any client specified open flags,
> except O_CREAT. This makes it is possible for a client to read or
> write to the target of a firmlink using the firmlink's authority
> (io_restrict_auth is not enough).
This could be considered a feature in some situations :-)
However, I agree that it's probably better to align the behaviour with
other kinds of links...
-antrik-