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Re: Hard link creation witout write access



On Thu, 7 Sep 2023, Taylor R Campbell wrote:

I think we should have these knobs on by default, but of course in
principle that might break existing configurations.  So maybe we could
put it in the default /etc/sysctl.conf -- that way you only get it on
upgrade if you merge updates to /etc.


I played with this after christos@ added the knobs last year[1], and then
sort(1) broke badly. See PR 56775. Expect further squalls if this is turned
on by default.

-RVP

[1]: https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-security/2022/03/25/msg001108.html


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