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

[cmccann () millenniumcc com (Christopher D. McCann)]

Dan Cross wrote:
> 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.  :-)
>
>         - Dan C.
GNU find needs the '-follow' option passed to it in order to follow sym
links.

-chris