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- From: Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Levin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: clearing SUID bit on writes
- Message-ID: <715751588.F00461@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 08:10:00 -0800
- Sender: Gatekeeper@remote.halcyon.com
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- i> Careful! I don't know if you want to support mandatory record
- locking,
- i> but if you do you need to keep the sgid bit set on writes if all
- the
- i> execute bits are clear. I don't know anybody who's ever used
- mandatory
- i> locking, so this may be a red herring, but it's worth thinking
- about.
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- Mandatory locking is explicitly not supported by POSIX.1, if this
- helps.
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- Rob L.
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- * Origin: Via the Annex in Victoria, TX (1:3802/217)
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