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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 > > >
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