Re: Proposal: restrict link(2)
Neil Moore (amethyst@valjean.sfhs.floyd.k12.ky.us)
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:12:37 -0500
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> I think 'rm' should be modified to do this if a program that's
> set[ug]id is deleted for just that reason. My customized version of 'rm'
> on all my Linux machines does an 'ftruncate' before it unlinks to achieve
> much the same effect.
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But what if you have multiple legitimate links, and you want to remove one
while keeping the file/inode intact?
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