Re: Silly 'script' hardlink bug

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 12:02:36AM +0100, Marco van Berkum wrote:
> the harddisk. For instance, a malicious user can place
> a hardlink 'typescript' to /etc/passwd (or any other file)
> in his home directory. If the root user would execute
...and no sane system will get /etc and /home on the same
partition.  Still, it's beloved `mitigating factor', not a
solution.  Just my 2 copecks.

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