In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "David O'Brien" writes:
: On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:55:23AM +1000, Greg Black wrote:
: > Many years ago I implemented a new interface that I called
: > eaccess() which replicated the work of access, but tested
: > against the effective uid and gid. I'd like to see that
: > introduced more widely.
:
: That still isn't suffient (and even more scary) unless the parameter is a
: file handle or FILE pointer. We need an faccess() call, plain and
: simple.
faccess is also dangarous. When you open the file at elevated privs,
you run the risk of side effects, such as a tape rewinding on close.
facecss won't change that problem.
Warner
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