Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:48:12 -0500 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: Proposal: restrict link(2) |
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:27:50 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Merillat <Dan@Merillat.org>
I understand quite clearly that making a link to a file does not affect either the data or the inode (aside from the link count.) However, link() has the rather unexpected side affect of allowing someone who is NOT the owner of a file to have the ability to prolong the lifespan of a file indefinitely. And that is a modification, and should be restricted to those with write access to the file, if not the owner.
Horrible, horrible!!! A person with read access to a file can copy the file, thus having the rather unexpected side effect of allowing someone who is not the owner of a file to have the ability to prolong the lifespan of the contents of the file indefinitely.
Your point?
- Ted
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