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Re: mail.local.c patch
From: chris () rivers dra hmg gb (Christopher Samuel)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 10:25:08 +0000
In message <199502190124.BAA01431 () legless demon co uk>, Neil Woods <neil () legless demon co uk> writes:
open(2) doesn't follow symlinks when O_CREAT and O_EXCL are set, so we don't have a race here.
From the tests I've done in the past, and from information received
from others on bugtraq, open(2) will misbehave on: HP-UX V7.05 HP-UX V8.00 A/UX 3.02 Irix 4.0.5f ...so you can still have a problem there. See the following for more information: ftp.dra.hmg.gb:/pub/TenDRA/staff/chris/symlinks-problem-list Chris -- Christopher Samuel Open Software Systems Group chris () rivers dra hmg gb N-115, Defence Research Agency, St Andrews Road, Great Malvern, England, UK "To no man will we sell, or delay, or deny, right or justice" -- Magna Carta
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