On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 08:25:59AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > I don't like restricting the breaking of mandatory locks to the
> > superuser. It could be restricted to specific users (say file owner +
> > root)...
>
> How 'bout "anyone who can kill the process holding the lock?"
+ file owner ( + root ).
Otherwise I would be able to lock ~wes/FreeBSDmarkers and you wouldn't
be able to do anything about it until either notifying me or notifying
root about the process I accidentally left hanging.
[Not that I'm likely to ever need more than an advisory lock on that
particular file, but the principle... :-]
Hm. ``chmod go-"MayLock" ~wes/Fre*'' The sticky bit could be used.
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