Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Configuration file handling

2013-02-16 Thread Andrew Brunner
On Feb 16, 2013, at 2:37 AM, Reinier Olislagers wrote: > > Security problems with world-writable files? Yes, that problem applies > to *nix as well but Mark has given no indication his config files are > world-writable. (Even if the logins Mark speaks of run under different > user accounts, t

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: Configuration file handling

2013-02-16 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Reinier Olislagers wrote: On 16-2-2013 9:09, Sven Barth wrote: On 15.02.2013 23:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: If multiple, related, programs running on unix (Linux, Solaris etc.) refer to the same configuration file accessed via a TIniFile, is there any recommended "good practice" to ensure that

[fpc-pascal] Re: Configuration file handling

2013-02-16 Thread Reinier Olislagers
On 16-2-2013 9:09, Sven Barth wrote: > On 15.02.2013 23:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: >> If multiple, related, programs running on unix (Linux, Solaris etc.) >> refer to the same configuration file accessed via a TIniFile, is there >> any recommended "good practice" to ensure that they don't try to