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

From: cross () math psu edu (Dan Cross)
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 13:24:16 -0400


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.

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