Is there an FSDB Manual?

seth.zirin szirin at cbnewsm.ATT.COM
Fri Oct 6 07:43:53 AEST 1989


In article <4960 at cbnewsm.ATT.COM> szirin at cbnewsm.ATT.COM writes:
>Of course, anyone that can figure out how to use fsdb can easily read your
>private file without ever touching the directory entry...

Sorry for the scare.  It was assumed that the user of fsdb would have
root access.  The whole purpose of putting a slash in the filename is
to prevent another root user from getting at the file text.  A chmod 600
provides privacy from mortal readers.

Putting a ^H into a file name also confuses people...

seth zirin



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