Re: rm-ing files with open file descriptors

Rob Landley (landley@trommello.org)
Sat, 19 Jan 2002 15:26:26 -0500


On Saturday 19 January 2002 10:32 am, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:

> > This is a possible security risk: The unlinking program thinks the file
> > is forever inaccessible, but it isn't...
>
> Will the ability to access this linked file still be there across
> a reboot ? Or an fsck ? Tia , JimL

Actually deleting files with a link count of zero is one of the things fsck
is for, I believe...

Rob
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