[1348] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
[linux-security] Re: instead of nvi - test program
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Dec 10 17:36:23 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: linux-security@redhat.com
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:40:21 +0000 (GMT)
In-Reply-To: <199611270524.VAA29167@parc.power.net> from "Andrew G. Morgan" at Nov 26, 96 09:24:40 pm
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
> It first tries POSIX locking and then does BSD flavor. It seems that it is
> BSD after all that is causing the trouble...
In which case it is definitely a bug. You have to have write to apply
locks via flock on a BSD box
