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Steven Grimm
Jan 28, 1989, 2:35:36 AM1/28/89
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>Looking at these patches, I can't see how they work for anonymous ftp
>(they appear to work for regular users). The only way I can see these
>patches working with anonymous ftp is iff the anonymous ftp directory is
>/. The reason I make this statement is because the log file is opened
>before the chroot. After the chroot, you can no longer access the file.
>(they appear to work for regular users). The only way I can see these
>patches working with anonymous ftp is iff the anonymous ftp directory is
>/. The reason I make this statement is because the log file is opened
>before the chroot. After the chroot, you can no longer access the file.
Not true. Once a file is open, it doesn't matter where it is on the
directory tree. The filesystem already has a dev/inode pair for the file,
and it doesn't matter WHERE in the directory tree that pair is. As
evidence, I offer the fact that my ftp logging patches work, and have been
working for quite a while now.
[[ The chroot-ed environment only matters when a file is opened. Once you
have an open file descriptor, any amount of chroot-ing isn't going to
affect it. --wnl ]]
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