Re: Mailman, hard links and the Openwall
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:01:35 +0100 (MET)
Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@caesar.elte.hu> wrote:
> No, it doesn't make hard links in /tmp. It makes hard links within
> /var/lib/mailman/lists, sometimes as a different user as the file
> was originally created with (mail, www-data and list are the
> possibilities). I haven't read the original problem so I don't
> know what is exactly the case, but for example solar designers
> secure linux patch prevents hardlinks like this, so it can't be
> used with mailman :/
I've brought this issue to the attention of the mailman developers
at mailman-developers@python.org. Barry Warsaw, who is leading
Mailman development at this point, has expressed interest in the
area.
I suggest this conversation continue there.
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