Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: rm-ing files with open file descriptors | From | Doug McNaught <> | Date | 20 Jan 2002 13:21:49 -0500 |
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Richard Kettlewell <rjk@terraraq.org.uk> writes:
> If the file descriptor you have was opened O_RDONLY, but you have > write permission on the file itself, then creating a new name for it > would allow you to open it O_RDWR.
Are you sure about this? Permissions are stored in the inode, not the directory entry.
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