From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:58:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [4/5] Add option for hardlinkable cache of extracted blobs
Message-ID: <20050417215854.H13233@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0504171600310.30848-100000@iabervon.org>

On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 04:03:46PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> 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