bugtraq - Re: Changes to the filesystem while find is running

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.60.0411241108030.3490@tnelson.webalive.biz>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:11:07 +1100 (EST)
From: Tim Nelson <security@...alive.biz>
To: James Youngman <bugtraq@...ession.spiral-arm.org>
Cc: srevilak@...akeasy.net, parimiv@...haw.com, martin.buchholz@....com,
	levon@...ementarian.org, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, bug-findutils@....org
Subject: Re: Changes to the filesystem while find is running - comments?


On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, James Youngman wrote:

> I have run into a problem as of findutils-4.2.7.  This is simply that
> there seem to be cases where automountd on Solaris works by exchanging
> one mounted filesystem for another.  I could support/allow this

 	Under what sort of conditions are the filesystems exchanged? 
Whenever it feels like it?  Or are there conditions under which this 
happens?  (I'm just thinking that maybe, by knowing the conditions, we'll 
be able to come up with another useful check).

 	:)

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