On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> a file on a different machine to which I can rcp/rlogin/etc has
> these permissions:
>
> -rw-rw-r-- you you your_file
>
> I am not you, nor am I in the group you.
>
> /r:your_computer:~you/your_file
>
> make a change to this file (maybe add a space, after all, I'm not
> really malicious :)
>
> try to save the file, I get the message the file is read-only try to
> save anyway, to which I respond with 'yes'. Now the permissions on
> the file are:
>
> -rw-rw-r-- me me your_file
What's the value of the various backup-by-copying-* variables (as well
as backup-by-copying itself)?
When you log in to that machine, can you do the following?
mv your_file your_file~
echo foo > your_file
Tramp shouldn't be able to do anything that you couldn't do yourself.
If this is actually a security hole, I'd be kinda suprised.
You might also start XEmacs on that host and try editing the file; I
hope that the same thing happens.
kai
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