Re: overwrite any file with updatedb

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
Received on Mar 02 1998