Re: ipchains: /proc/net/ip_fw* permission change

Chris Evans (chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:40:23 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> Yes. I had figured that wasnt a big problem - because you can chmod files
> in proc. For some reason /proc/net doesnt like chmod 8(

Since when? I though the only time "chmod" worked on /proc files is if
something has a permanent fd held open to that file. Even then the fact
/proc files respond to chmod is a flukey side effect of the dcache or
icache. Or maybe not :)

Chris

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