Re: Security problems with access(2)?

[Warner Losh]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul 
Herman writes:
: Shouldn't the stat(2) manpage then also carry the same warning that
: access(2) has (apparently dating back to 4.4BSD-Lite)?  ...or maybe
: even a suggestion to use fstat(2) instead...

No.  stat can be used safely.  In fact, it can even be used to detect
when the old switch-er-ooo has taken place on file systems that
conform to the POSIX standard.  However, it does take some care to use 
it safely.

Warner

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