linux-kernel - Re: RFC: permit link(2) to work across --bind mounts ?

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.0.999999.0712291954560.5207@twinlark.arctic.org>
Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:55:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	dean gaudet <dean@...tic.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
cc:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>, Mark Lord <lkml@....ca>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: permit link(2) to work across --bind mounts ?

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:40:47 PST, dean gaudet said:
> 
> > the main worry i have is some user maliciously hardlinks everything
> > under /var/log somewhere else and slowly fills up the file system with
> > old rotated logs.
> 
> "Doctor, it hurts when I do this.." "Well, don't do that then".

actually it doesn't hurt.  i have other mechanisms which would pick this 
up fairly quickly.

-dean
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