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