Re: [patch] rm can have undesired side-effects
- From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:31:51 +1100
On Mon, 2006-Oct-30 19:38:49 +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
the user is unaware that there are multiple links. I don't think
that just unlinking the file and issuing a warning is a good solution
because it's then virtually impossible to locate the other copy(s)
of the file, which remains viewable.
I missed the fact that the warning message includes the inode number.
My apologies. This reduces "virtually impossible" to "hard".
I still think this current behaviour is undesirable and a security
hole. Maybe someone from the SO team would like to offer their
opinion - I might just have my tinfoil hat on too tight tonight.
--
Peter Jeremy
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