Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> And pathnames are a _hell_ of a lot better and straightforward interface
> than inode numbers are. It's confusing when you change the permission on
> one path to notice that another path magically changed too.
Would this not allow a user to add permissions to a file, by creating a
new directory entry and linking it to an existing inode?
Would that not be a greater security hole?
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