Re: Publically writable directories

[ig25 () mvmampc66 ciw uni-karlsruhe de (Thomas Koenig)]

Jim Hutchins wrote:

> So for most platforms, it looks like doing an open with O_EXCL is safe,
> though I believe my original statement is still true - "the absolute
> answer is no, you cannot avoid a race condition on ALL platforms."

If somebody's compiling a list: HP-UX 9.0.5 does follow symbolic
links, and thus is vulnerable.

Has anybody written an autoconf macro to check for this kind of thing
yet?
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