Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:08:31 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | ext2 APPEND flag |
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Hi,
I've just come across the fenomenon that the ext2fs APPEND flag can only be set by root...
Now I wonder why? Why was this done and what are the security implications of allowing normal users to set the APPEND-only flag on their own files?
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