On 16 Dec, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
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>> One problem is it follows it for a lot more than it used to. Following symlinks
>> on creation is bad. It causes a lot of "symlink traps". 2.0 stamps on the
>> symlink and tough the hacker loses.
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> No, 2.0.x also followed symlinks for create(), I'm fairly certain. It used
> to be pretty painful to do, actually, but others did it, and I think
> people even pointed to programs that wanted it done.
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> But yes, 2.1.x would tend to do it more aggressively for other things than
> just create().
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>> I'll have a look at the stuff if its supposed to be easy to fix 8)
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> It really should be a matter of just making a 1 (follow_links) a 0.