Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:40:58 -0500 (EST) | From | Greg Alexander <> | Subject | Re: QUOTA [with patch this time] |
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On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Harald Koenig wrote:
> > Ok, I decided to jump into the source and actually make a patch. > > This (should) only let the owner hardlink a file IFF the file resides > > on a filesystem with disk quotas. > > while I really appreciate that any real work is shown in this thread > I still think it's the wrong place for a "fix" since it's not only > a quota problem. > > this still won't fix > > - disk usage accounting > - bypassing access permission of directories by having a link in another ditrectory branch > - possible security holes for broken SUID programs (not the most important > reason but it will get fixed if you're working on the first two problems...) > > as they are completely unrelated to quotas. and "enabling quotas" can't > be the correct answer to fix the above problems IMHO
How 'bout make it a generic mount time thingy, non-default, for each admin to decide for him/herself. Having it set by default for quota systems could be done, though I'm not sure I see the point, it should just be referenced in the quota man page.
Greg Alexander http://www.cia-g.com/~sietch/
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