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To: Richard Kettlewell <rjk@terraraq.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: rm-ing files with open file descriptors
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com>
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Richard Kettlewell <rjk@terraraq.org.uk> writes:

> If the file descriptor you have was opened O_RDONLY, but you have
> write permission on the file itself, then creating a new name for it
> would allow you to open it O_RDWR.

Are you sure about this?  Permissions are stored in the inode, not the
directory entry. 

-Doug
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