Re: access(2)--a security hole?

[howie () watsun cc columbia edu (Howie Kaye)]

You still have no guarantee that the version you opened is the same as the 
file you are checking the access() on.  The same race condition exists, just
in reverse.

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Howie Kaye                              howie () columbia edu
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