Hi! > > it works for regular files and even goes as far as destroying > > all mappings of the file from all processes (even root processes). > > IMVHO this is a disaster from a security and reliability point > > of view. > > Actually its no different than if it didn't. The two are identical > behaviours. > > To use revoke() I must own the file > If I own the file I can make it a symlink to a pty/tty pair > I can revoke a pty/tty pair How can you symlink opened file? -- Thanks for all the (sleeping) penguins. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
