inode number -> pathname? (4.2BSD)
jack at boring.UUCP
jack at boring.UUCP
Mon Jul 15 15:56:01 AEST 1985
Adding a system call to set the current directory to a given
inode/device pair is not only dirty, it also messes up security.
It is possible to create a directory in which a user has all permissions,
but which he cannot reach, because the parent directory is unsearchable.
This can be a very useful feature at times.
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Jack Jansen, jack at mcvax.UUCP
The shell is my oyster.
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