Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 17:48:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Possible SERIOUS bug in open()? (Big time bug) Message-ID: <199710241748.KAA14447@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19971024002450.UZ51487@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Oct 24, 97 00:24:50 am
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> > No, the user open() should return error for somebody trying to open for > > not read and not write. > > It does (now). Why the h*ck are you both still arguing about it? For > me (being in MET DST timezone), it's already a matter of yesterday... Because I think the "fix" should be backed out because the side effect is useful, and he thinks it shouldn't because he doesn't want to have to code device drivers with security policy in mind. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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