Tomasz Torcz writes:
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:01:23AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Andrew Haley writes: > > >On 07/17/2012 12:38 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >> Jan Kratochvil writes: > >> > >>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:42:00 +0200, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >>>> And I wouldn't be so presumptions as to state authoritatively what > >>>> is or is not a bug, in something whose purpose is not known to me. > >>>> >>> Non-existing /proc/self/exe file is a normal UNIX process state so a UNIX> >>> >> It is anything but "normal". The "normal" state of things is documented by> >> proc(5). As documented by that man page, rather plainly, > >> readlink("/proc/self/exe") gives you your own pathname. > > > >Yes, it's the pathname that started this process. Yes, that pathname > >may point to file that no longer exists. That's UNIX. > > No, that's Linux with prelink installed. But pathname is volatile. That's why we support security framework based on labels, not on pathnames...
Indeed. Let's just get rid of ext4, and just assign various labels to blobs of data on the hard drive…
Pathnames. Who needs them?
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