Re: [bug #26960] firmlink opens target with client specified flags

2009-07-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 04:05:52PM +, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: firmlink opens its target file with any client specified open flags, except O_CREAT. This makes it is possible for a client to read or write to the target of a firmlink using the firmlink's authority (io_restrict_auth

Re: [bug #26960] firmlink opens target with client specified flags

2009-07-10 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 03:27:32PM +0200, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 04:05:52PM +, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: firmlink opens its target file with any client specified open flags, except O_CREAT. This makes it is possible for a client to read or write to

[bug #26960] firmlink opens target with client specified flags

2009-07-04 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26960 Summary: firmlink opens target with client specified flags Project: The GNU Hurd Submitted by: hammy Submitted on: Sat 04 Jul 2009 06:05:50 PM CEST Category: Hurd Servers