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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on
| From: |
Gabor Gombas <gombasg sztaki hu> |
| To: |
psz maths usyd edu au |
| Cc: |
mrex sap com, bugtraq securityfocus com, dan lightwave net ru, jim jtan com, marco osp nl, pavel ucw cz |
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Re: /proc filesystem allows bypassing directory permissions on |
| Date: |
Wed - Nov 04, 2009 12:25 AM |
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 10:17:13AM +1100, psz@maths.usyd.edu.au wrote:
> But, mount requires root (and root can do anything, including shooting
> himself in the foot).
Irrelevant. The statement was that if /proc is not mounted, then the
link count tells if there are other ways to access the inode besides the
path you have used to access it. I showed you that this statement is
false.
Gabor
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