On 1/18/08, Sunnz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I understand, if foo isn't the last hard link to the file, > and `rm foo` will NOT delete the file... > > Say if the current version of OpenSSH has a security hole, and some > user create a hard link to it, it would be the that version of OpenSSH > will be kept even if I decide to update the system that updates > OpenSSH? (Just using OpenSSH as an arbitrary example.) > > In such a case, is there a way to make sure that the old version of > OpenSSH is deleted?
what does it matter if somebody keeps a link to it? if you have idiot users who insist on using broken software, you have bigger problems. what if they download the old version and compile it themselves?
