Re: suid bit behaviour modification in 2.6.0-test5

From: Andries Brouwer
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 12:56:03 EST


On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 05:12:59PM +0000, bill davidsen wrote:

> Well, if ls gets that bit as still set, what would happen if someone
> actually ran the program before the sync was done? COuld the file be
> modified and then run? Is there a window? Still smells bugish.

I don't know why you people continue the debate - is anything wrong
with the fix I sent?

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