From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Mon 04 Oct 2004 - 22:02:31 BST
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 03:53:48PM -0400, Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
>
> I noticed that in 2.6 kernel you cannot create (hard)
> links to immutable files.
yes, that's correct ...
> So if I am trying to build a unified server, is my only
> option to remove the immutable flag temporarily while I
> link to it?
no, because you do not use just 'immutable' files
> This seems insecure.
yes, and it probably is ...
> Or am I missing something obvious?
you are missing something obvious ;)
2.6.9-rc3-vs1.9.3-rc2 (and basically all versions before)
# mkdir /tmp/X
# cd /tmp/X
# touch x1
# setattr --iunlink x1
# showattr x1
----UI- x1
# ln x1 x2
# showattr x1 x2
----UI- x1
----UI- x2
> Has anyone else ran into this?
probably ...
HTH,
Herbert
> Thanks,
>
> Grisha
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