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Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update
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John E. Davis |
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Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update |
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Wed, 21 May 1997 18:23:32 -0400 |
On Wed, 21 May 1997 16:45:38 -0400, Greg Marr <address@hidden> said:
>At 11:09 AM 5/21/97 -0500, Foteos Macrides wrote:
>> As far as "privacy" issues associated with the Unix /tmp
>>design are concerned, even systems which now have the "sticky bit"
>>feature typically don't use it. I've yet to get on a Unix system
>>in which I couldn't read any file in the /tmp tree, and there was
>>no need for spoofing via links to do it. :) :)
>
>As I understand the "Unix /tmp design", the sticky bit has nothing to do
>with whether or not you could read the files, but whether or not you could
>delete them. /tmp usually has drwxrwxrwt permissions, which means that
>anybody can write to the directory, anybody can read it, but people can
>only delete files they own. The privacy aspect is enforced by the files
>and subdirectories not having world-read access. Is there some other
>aspect of the sticky bit that I am unaware of?
I did not understand the comment about being able to read in file in
/tmp either. Your understanding of the sticky bit is consistent with
mine. Regardless of whether or not tmp is world readable, I do not
see how anyone other than root or the owner can read a file with
permissions `-rwx------'.
--John
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- LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, (continued)
- LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/20
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/20
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/21
- LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/21
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/21
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update,
John E. Davis <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Nelson Henry Eric, 1997/05/21
- LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/25
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- LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/27
- LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/29
- Re: LYNX-DEV fotemods.zip update, Foteos Macrides, 1997/05/29