Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > No and this is the trick - when you readlink it - it give you trash, but > when you open one - you get exactly the same file as the map points to. Isn't that a minor security hole? For example if I pass a file descriptor into a chroot process for reading, and with this interface you can open it for writing too. I could see this causing problems. -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only -- 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