> ... another solution -- allow fcntl() to remove read-only and > append-only limitations, so that behaviour is at least explicit. Do not lower security, just to emulate /proc sloppiness. (That would be like fixing a root security bug by doing away with the root password.) Is there anything (currently) relying on that security? Paul Szabo psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney Australia