[12182] in bugtraq
Re: Fix for ssh-1.2.27 symlink/bind problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phillip Vandry)
Fri Oct 8 19:18:08 1999
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 17:42:01 -0400
Reply-To: Phillip Vandry <vandry@MLINK.NET>
From: Phillip Vandry <vandry@MLINK.NET>
X-To: Casper Dik <casper@HOLLAND.SUN.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:06:07 EDT."
<199910060906.LAA10569@romulus>
> On Solaris, only open(O_CREAT) (w/o O_EXCL) and creat() do so;
> the following do not follow symbolic links as the last component of
> the pathname:
>
> mknod (making pipes or devices)
> mkdir
> bind
>
> (others?)
Others (some are obvious, but, hey, if we're making a list, might as well
be complete):
link (does not follow second argument if it exists)
symlink (agin, the second argument)
rename (obliterates second argument if it exists)
-Phil
