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Date:      30 Oct 1997 00:57:00 +0100
From:      Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: disabled symlinks
Message-ID:  <p1i90vcxgvn.fsf@panke.panke.de>
In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of Mon, 27 Oct 1997 17:26:08 %2B0000 (GMT)
References:  <199710271726.KAA13912@usr01.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> writes:
> In fact, I would prefer he modify the patch to still allow root to
> create symlinks.

Agreed. Good idea!

 
> The danger you are escaping is symlinks created by your users.

Right. 


> Personally, I'd prefer that the security holes be closed instead of
> worked around in this manner anyway, 

uh-huh ;-)

-- 
Wolfram Schneider   <wosch@apfel.de>   http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/



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