Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 2 Sep 1996 13:14:35 +1000 (EST) | From | Matt Hawkins <> | Subject | Re: SECURITY HOLE in namei.c ?? |
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On Sun, 1 Sep 1996, Herbert Rosmanith wrote:
> > I may be wrong or have passed this theme, but how is it possible for a > > user to delete Files and Dirs, for them he has no write permissions!! > > if the user owns the directory, that's legal. this is unix, not vms.
Said user could also be the 'superuser' - or this this special case handled differently?
-- Matt
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