Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:40:40 +0100 | From | viro@parcelfa ... | Subject | Re: File Permissions are incorrect. Security flaw in Linux |
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On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 08:15:23AM -0600, Lisa R. Nelson wrote: > Excuse me? Have you even read about permissions on Unix? I tried this > on a Sun Unix system, and the Sun functions correctly. What you are > saying is stupid; If all directories are wide open, NO files are > protected in any way, even if they are read only and owned by root? Get > real.
What, create a world-writable directory without sticky bit and then wonder why everyone can remove files from there?
Would you mind posting the list of systems (with versions, preferably) where that behaviour would *not* match v7, 2.xBSD, 4.xBSD and derivatives (including SunOS 4), SunOS 5.5, SunOS 5.6, SunOS 5.7, SunOS 5.8, Linux, OSF/1, etc.?
In particular, I'm most curious about the exact version of "Sun Unix" you claim to have tried that on. That, and output of ls -ld on the directory in question.
> I've worked on more OS's than you can imagine, and for many years. This
The sad thing being, that's one claim I do *not* doubt. Lusers' ability to avoid learning for years had stopped amazing me a long time ago... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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