Re: Disturbing news..

[Sean Hunter]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:08:15AM -0600, Jesse Pollard wrote:
> Sure - very simple. If the execute bit is set on a file, don't allow
> ANY write to the file. This does modify the permission bits slightly
> but I don't think it is an unreasonable thing to have.
> 

Are we not then in the somewhat zen-like state of having an "rm" which can't
"rm" itself without needing to be made non-executable so that it can't execute?

Sean
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