Files and Folders access?? https://dev.iachieved.it/iachievedit/macos-10-15-catalina-adds-additional-filesystem-restrictions/ <https://dev.iachieved.it/iachievedit/macos-10-15-catalina-adds-additional-filesystem-restrictions/>
I am NOT a Catalina user. Regards -------------------------------------------------- Peter Collinson > On 17 Oct 2019, at 23:52, JF Mezei via X11-users <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Some time ago, in a newsgroud discussion, there was a discussion about > file access for line commands. I don't recall the specifics because > discussion quickly turned to insults, but there are some under-the-hood > inheritances. > > I am sticking to High Sierra, so not affected by this. > > There is a process inheritance issue. > > The "ls" (or any other) command is a subprocess created by bash (or > whatever shell you use such as sh). > > But how bash/sh is created is not so clear. > > Consider this: > > from terminal.app window under GUI user ABC, you can issue the command: > xterm -e login & > > an xterm window is created (assume under user ABC) with the login > process. That login process then creates a bash (or sh) process under > the user DEF. Does that process inherit any special attributes from ABC? > > It isn't clear to me whom bash/ls inherit any special file access flags > from (since not clear to me at what level OS-X implemented these > restrictions). > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/pc%40hillside.co.uk > > This email sent to [email protected] >
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