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DateSun, 20 Jan 2002 21:44:31 +0100
FromAndreas Ferber <>
SubjectRe: rm-ing files with open file descriptors
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:02:55PM +0200, Ville Herva wrote:
> 
> Just out of interest (I'm not actually suggesting this would be useful, or
> feasible): what about ilink(dev, inode_nr, "path") or iopen(dev, inode_nr)?
> 
> Or /proc/inodes/dev/<nr> ?

...which would successfully defeat any access control scheme based on
directory permissions...

Andreas
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