On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 03:17:38PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> It's really hard, I fear we will always be able to get a root program
> dumping core for some time ...
> For security I'd really like to be able to disable core dumps on symlinks.
> Would a sysctl be an option ?

I got another idea: disable core dump if the owner of the existing file
(symlink or something else) is not the same as the one of the process. Is this
OK ?

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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