On Thursday 30 January 2003 02:24, George Schlossnagle wrote: > Mandatory locks actually prevent read and write calls > from _anyone_ else succeeding on that file.
If implemented improperly, they are also a wide open door for denial of service attacks on a system (set a mandatory lock on /etc/passwd and hilarity ensues). Security conscious system administrators disable them in their system for this reason. Kristian -- Kristian Köhntopp, NetUSE AG, Dr.-Hell-Straße, D-24107 Kiel Tel: +49 431 386 435 00, Fax: +49 431 386 435 99 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
