On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:10:08PM +0100, Sean Hunter wrote:
> 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?
aiiiieee, my head hurts now, thanks :(
j.
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