Bugtraq: Re: [linux-security] Things NOT to put in root's crontab

[cross () math psu edu (Dan Cross)]

> I was under the impression that find(1) didn't follow symbolic links?
> Thus, one wouldn't ``find'' /etc/passwd if there was a link to /etc
> from somewhere in /tmp.
>
> Please don't tell me that Linux (or, more precisely, GNU) broke this.  :-)
Whoops...  brain fart.  I *totally* misread that last message.  Forgive me,
not enough coffee...  :-)

        - Dan C.