[patch] rm can have undesired side-effects

[Peter Jeremy]

On Mon, 2006-Oct-30 19:38:49 +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>the user is unaware that there are multiple links.  I don't think
>that just unlinking the file and issuing a warning is a good solution
>because it's then virtually impossible to locate the other copy(s)
>of the file, which remains viewable.

I missed the fact that the warning message includes the inode number.
My apologies.  This reduces "virtually impossible" to "hard".

I still think this current behaviour is undesirable and a security
hole.  Maybe someone from the SO team would like to offer their
opinion - I might just have my tinfoil hat on too tight tonight.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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