Re: Updated auth patch for 2.4.12

From: richard offer (offerat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 13:27:55 PDT

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    * On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 11:43:28AM -0700, richard offer wrote:
    *> 
    *> So I've just added that feature back in. Is it useful for other things
    *> than audit ? Yes.
    * 
    * What else is it useful for?
    
    If your module has any internal tables, then you get to update them
    unconditionally.
    
    You could write a policy that said once you've tried to create any file
    unsuccessfully three times then all subsequent creates are disallowed. Any
    successful create resets the  counter.
    
    * greg k-h
    
    
    richard.
    
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