mgallagh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Michael Gallagher) (04/10/91)
Thanks to all who replied to my query about what I thought was a security hole [via rm] in Minix. Had not known that if a directory is world-writeable, one could bypass file protections. That is of interesting. Guess there's a bit more to study..... -Mike G.
dick@ahds.UUCP (Dick Heijne CCS/TS) (04/12/91)
In article <554@ultrix.uhasun.hartford.edu>, mgallagh@uhasun.hartford.edu (Michael Gallagher) writes: > (..) > protections. That is of interesting. Guess there's a bit more to study..... > Cheers to the educational value of Minix ! Dick.