On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:01:08PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > It's only a security hole if you imagine that mtime is immutable, and > depend on it for something critical. I can't see how it's worse than > allowing users to _write_ to files they own - after all they could _erase_ > them, or fill them with lies! > > How do you think "tar" et al unpack stuff with the right timestamps?
I guess that's true... I guess I have had the faulty assumption that if a file has been modified in any way, it will be stamped with that time by the FS. As such, there can be proof that a file had not been modified since a certain date. That "assumption" bug bit me again... no one else to blame but me. Thanks for the info! -- A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president. A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ. A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth. A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
