[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> flink() is problematic because it requires you to find the appropriate
> device to create the link in AND it may allow you to upgrade the access
> to the file. (>E.g., you get a read-only filedescriptor which is hidden
> somplace and which has mode 666; flink would allow you to upgrade to
> write access.
Why is something problematic that can today implemented in usrspace?
Why do you believe that a flink() syscall would grant you more privilleges than
a user space implementation?
Jörg
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