On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 07:46:02PM +0200, Guido Flohr wrote: > But in 99 % of the cases, using fchmod instead of chmod is just lazyness > of the programmer (don't have to remember the path name). And besides, > the above trick would not work with primitive file systems and so MagiC > compatibility is not really an issue here. AFAIR, fchmod was created for security reasons, not for lazyness. Using chmod and a separate open, you have a short time window between the two calls, so you can't be sure that the file you open is the same that you chmod. That's also the problem with emulating this in the library: it will work, but it will not fix the security problem. cu Michael -- Michael Schwingen, Ahornstrasse 36, 52074 Aachen
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