Re: overwrite any file with updatedb

From: Kragen (kragenat_private)
Date: Mon Mar 02 1998 - 12:16:41 PST

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    On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Cain wrote:
    > in /tmp called sort0<pid>000{1,2,etc}. Each is around 512k. The
    
    On SunOS 5.5.1, the filenames are of the form /var/tmp/stmAAAa003M_aa,
    and the files are typically smaller.
    
    The M_ part, at least, appears to change from run to run, but it
    doesn't change within a run.
    
    Solaris 5.5.1 sort doesn't check for symlinks before it opens the file;
    I have successfully overwritten a file in my home dir this way.
    
    This is similar to the gcc bug.
    
    Kragen
    



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