Re: LYNX-DEV Re: ...vulnerability in Lynx...

[Larry W. Virden, x2487]

>If you mean "for direct use as temp_space", then it is not okay, since the
>sticky bit will not prevent writing to existing files owned by others
>including symlinks, AFAIK.

On Solaris 2.5.1, if the file in a sticky bit directory is 666, then anyone
can write to it.
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