Subject: Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on Linux
From: psz@maths.usyd.edu.au
Date: Fri Oct 30 2009 - 21:13:52 EET
> ... another solution -- allow fcntl() to remove read-only and
> append-only limitations, so that behaviour is at least explicit.
Do not lower security, just to emulate /proc sloppiness. (That would be
like fixing a root security bug by doing away with the root password.)
Is there anything (currently) relying on that security?
Paul Szabo psz@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia
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