Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 22:07:51 +0300 From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Guido van Rooij <guido@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-gnu@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/sort sort.c Message-ID: <19980306220751.23226@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <199803061900.LAA05916@freefall.freebsd.org>; from guido@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:00:27AM -0800 References: <199803061900.LAA05916@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:00:27AM -0800, Guido van Rooij wrote: > guido 1998/03/06 11:00:27 PST > > Modified files: > gnu/usr.bin/sort sort.c > Log: > Open temporary files with O_EXCL. > Obtained from:bugtraq This change cause sort fails if someone makes file with the same name. It means that anybody can stop root's sort in progress (f.e. valuable things sorted) or any user sort. Non-fixed sort allows more, of course, but such fix is half-dancing only. Better fix required. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nietzsche.net> http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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