Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:12:42 +0100 | From | Wichert Akkerman <> | Subject | Re: FS possible security exposure ? |
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Previously regatta wrote: > but if you think about it, how could the system allow the user to > modify a file that he don't own it and he don't have write privilege > on the file just because he has write in the parent directory ?
As Arjan explained you are not modifying the file. vim just removes it and replaces it with a new one.
> Maybe I'm wrong, but is this normal ? please let me know
It is, ans solaris does the same thing.
> BTW: is there any document, article or any page about this so I can > show it to my boss :)
Any decent posix/unix manual should do.
Wichert.
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