Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net> writes:
> can anyone think of any security risks associated with mtree always
> following all the symlinks?  or...not warning if it finds one where it
> expected a file or a directory?

I'd suggest that we instead invent a syntax saying "it is okay if this
entry is a symlink if the destination has the right perms" and apply
that to the named.conf entry. It gives us more flexibility at the very
least.

Perry
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