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Re: [4/5] Add option for hardlinkable cache of extracted blobs

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RKRussell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Date
Apr 17, 2005, 20:58 UTC
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 04:03:46PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> Actually, the documentation I've got says:
> 
> "F_OK requests checking whether merely testing for the existence of the
>  file would be allowed (this depends on the permissions of the directories
>  in the path to the file, as given in path-name.)"
> 
> So it shouldn't complain about a filename which you're allowed to try to
> stat, even if there's nothing there. And it would depend on the privs of
> the wrong user in looking at the path.

Isn't it the case that with selinux, various objects may be hidden depending on their accessibility? I wonder if this has an effect here.

(or what about any other security model?)
-- 
Russell King
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Message 7 of 10 in “Re: [4/5] Add option for hardlinkable cache of extracted blobs”
  1. Petr BaudisApr 17, 2005
  2. Daniel BarkalowApr 17, 2005
  3. Petr BaudisApr 17, 2005
  4. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005
  5. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  6. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005
  7. Russell KingApr 17, 2005
  8. First ever real kernel git merge!Linus Torvalds, Apr 17, 2005
  9. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005
  10. Paul JacksonApr 18, 2005

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