Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:27:06 +0100 From: Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail Message-ID: <45AC29EA.70009@erdgeist.org> In-Reply-To: <20070115220039.GB2839@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <200701111841.l0BIfWOn015231@freefall.freebsd.org> <45A6DB76.40800@freebsd.org> <20070113112937.GI90718@garage.freebsd.pl> <45ABDC7C.6060407@erdgeist.org> <20070115210826.GA2839@garage.freebsd.pl> <45ABEEEE.4030609@erdgeist.org> <20070115220039.GB2839@garage.freebsd.pl>
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Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 10:15:26PM +0100, Dirk Engling wrote:
>>>> cp -f ${temp_log} console.log
> console.log can still be a softlink. I don't see option for cp(1) which
> allows to not following symlinks, so I'd suggest 'mv -f' instead -
> rename(2) doesn't follow symlinks.
Please try the "cp -f" before guessing, what it might do ;)
cp -f removes anything on that location before relinking the new file.
Atomically. Exactly, what we need. So since there is nothing that might
be a soft link - by definition - it might not be followed.
Regards
erdgeist
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