Richard Kettlewell <rjk@terraraq.org.uk> writes:
> If the file descriptor you have was opened O_RDONLY, but you have
> write permission on the file itself, then creating a new name for it
> would allow you to open it O_RDWR.
Are you sure about this? Permissions are stored in the inode, not the
directory entry.
-Doug
-- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Jan 23 2002 - 21:00:38 EST