Subject: Re: Addition to force open to open only regular files
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org, wrstuden@zembu.com>
From: Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/20/2000 19:29:04
Hi,
> The difference is not that it can be less aware, but that it has no idea
> what has happened to the ids - it can't assume it is running at lower
> privileges, whereas a set-ID program should have a good idea what
> privileges it is running at.
So are you really suggesting that a library routine must work (not only
correct but) safe irrespective of how it is called? You gotta be
joking...
Ciao,
Wolfgang
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