Jesse Pollard wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Shawn Starr wrote:
>
>> Well, why can't the ELF loader module/kernel detect or have some sort of
>> restriction on modifying other/ELF binaries including itself from changing
>> the Entry point?
>>
>> There has to be a way stop this. WHY would anyone want to modify the entry
>> point anyway? (there may be some reasons but I really dont know what).
>> Even if it's user level, this cant affect files with root permissions
>> (unless root is running them or suid).
>>
>> Any idea?
>
>
> Sure - very simple. If the execute bit is set on a file, don't allow
> ANY write to the file. This does modify the permission bits slightly
> but I don't think it is an unreasonable thing to have.
>
What a pain in the ass when you are writing / updating a shell script .
. . .
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