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Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab
From: cmccann () millenniumcc com (Christopher D. McCann)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 14:50:16 -0400
Dan Cross wrote:
I was under the impression that find(1) didn't follow symbolic links? Thus, one wouldn't ``find'' /etc/passwd if there was a link to /etc from somewhere in /tmp. Please don't tell me that Linux (or, more precisely, GNU) broke this. :-) - Dan C.
GNU find needs the '-follow' option passed to it in order to follow sym links. -chris
Current thread:
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Christopher D. McCann (May 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab William McVey (May 22)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Philip Guenther (May 22)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Sean Vickery (May 22)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Philip Guenther (May 22)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Colin Jenkins (May 23)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Philip Guenther (May 23)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Colin Jenkins (May 24)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Aidas Kasparas (May 26)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Philip Guenther (May 22)
- Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab Zygo Blaxell (May 23)