On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 04:03:46PM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > Actually, the documentation I've got says: > > "F_OK requests checking whether merely testing for the existence of the > file would be allowed (this depends on the permissions of the directories > in the path to the file, as given in path-name.)" > > So it shouldn't complain about a filename which you're allowed to try to > stat, even if there's nothing there. And it would depend on the privs of > the wrong user in looking at the path.
Isn't it the case that with selinux, various objects may be hidden depending on their accessibility? I wonder if this has an effect here. (or what about any other security model?) -- Russell King - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
