-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/2013 02:55 PM, seth vidal wrote: > On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:52:37 -0400 Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > >> sysctl -a | grep protected fs.protected_hardlinks = 0 >> fs.protected_symlinks = 0 > > > I apologize for the ignorance - but what do these _do_. > > (please don't say they protect your hardlinks and symlinks) - I mean what > does 'protected' mean in this context. > > thanks, -sv > They block a non priv user from hardlinking/softlinking to files they don't own. ln /etc/shadow ~/myshadow -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlFAzLQACgkQrlYvE4MpobNe7ACePSXtDJP5dZzgcVk6gma0HOis ZJEAnjRO9qcsiIeCriJOAaKku2UrQCWq =dp1F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
