On 03/06/2010 04:09 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:

+#if defined GNULIB_POSIXCHECK
+/* The access() function is a security risk.  */
+_GL_WARN_ON_USE (access, "the access function is a security risk - "
+                 "use the gnulib module faccessat instead");
+#endif

How is faccessat less subject to races (though not to symlink attacks)?

Paolo


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