bugtraq - Re: Curious fileutils/coreutils behaviour.

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Message-ID: <40A666D2.9020009@mail.ptraced.net>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 15:52:02 -0300
From: Martin <broadcast@...l.ptraced.net>
To: Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha <strange@....no-ip.org>,
	"Mr. Bugtraq" <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: Curious fileutils/coreutils behaviour.


SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    The server will only follow symbolic links for which the target file
    or directory is owned by the same user id as the link.
    *Note*: this option gets ignored if set inside a <Location> section.

     From http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#options


Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

>On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 07:49:07PM +0100, David Malone wrote:
>  
>
>>>(*)Contrary to the FAQ entry you cited, it is sometimes useful to change the
>>>ownership of a symlink.  Since the owner of a symlink can be detected by a
>>>program, there can exist programs which depend on it.
>>>      
>>>
>>Yes, indeed. As another example, Apache has an option to only follow
>>symlinks if they belong to the right person.
>>    
>>
>
>If the target belongs to the right person, not the symlink itself.
>
>Regards,
>Luciano Rocha
>
>  
>