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Old 03-11-2010
kernel giving access for multiple users to access files
hi all,

i want to know y kernel is giving access for multiple users to access a file when one user may be the owner is executing that file. Because other user can manipulate that file when the other user is executing that file, it will give the unexpected result to owner . plz help me out..Smilie
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Old 03-11-2010
The kernel isn't doing this on its own. If the administrator is defining such bogus permissions, (s)he is the one to blame, not the kernel which does what it is told to.
 
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