[543] in bugtraq
Re: Sun Patch Id #102060-01
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rens Troost)
Tue Dec 20 13:35:38 1994
To: Dave Horsfall <dave@esi.com.au>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Dec 1994 10:12:39 +1100."
<Pine.SUN.3.91.941220101049.25711A@eram.esi.com.au>
Reply-To: rens@imsi.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 09:50:11 -0500
From: Rens Troost <rens@imsi.com>
>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Horsfall <dave@esi.com.au> writes:
Dave> Sounds like it's time to implement anonymous files - sort of
Dave> like an atomic creat()/unlink() (which was mentioned as far
Dave> back as Edition 5)...
This can create all kinds of problems for systems managers, unless
good toos for auditing anonynmous file usage are also
built. Filesystems full of unlinked-but-open files are a leading
source of ulcers among junior SAs I have known.
-Rens
