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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on
- To: psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on
- From: Gabor Gombas <gombasg@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:06:25 +0100
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 10:17:13AM +1100, psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> But, mount requires root (and root can do anything, including shooting
> himself in the foot).
Irrelevant. The statement was that if /proc is not mounted, then the
link count tells if there are other ways to access the inode besides the
path you have used to access it. I showed you that this statement is
false.
Gabor
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