> I went to google and attempted to find information about the root
> reserve space for ext2, as a user wondering about the feature would. I
> couldn't find any documentation that states it's purely a fragmentation
> and convenience feature. I did, however, find documents stating
> otherwise. Note how even Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt states that
> it's a security feature?
>
> If this is not a security feature, Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt
> needs to be changed. Eg.,
I'd suggest you to mail to bugtraq@securityfocus.com; it sounds like
security hole to me, and probably common across many unix variants.
Pavel
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