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Re: overwrite any file with updatedb
From: kragen () pobox com (Kragen)
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:16:41 -0500
On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Cain wrote:
in /tmp called sort0<pid>000{1,2,etc}. Each is around 512k. The
On SunOS 5.5.1, the filenames are of the form /var/tmp/stmAAAa003M_aa, and the files are typically smaller. The M_ part, at least, appears to change from run to run, but it doesn't change within a run. Solaris 5.5.1 sort doesn't check for symlinks before it opens the file; I have successfully overwritten a file in my home dir this way. This is similar to the gcc bug. Kragen
Current thread:
- overwrite any file with updatedb Cain (Mar 01)
- Re: overwrite any file with updatedb Kragen (Mar 02)
- Re: overwrite any file with updatedb Kragen (Mar 02)
- Re: overwrite any file with updatedb Dave G. (Mar 02)
- Re: overwrite any file with updatedb Jeff Murphy (Mar 02)
- Re: overwrite any file with updatedb Bryan Andregg (Mar 02)
- updatedb stuff Cain (Mar 02)