exec* vs. initially-closed file descriptors in a set-ID context

Roland McGrath roland@redhat.com
Wed Nov 9 20:49:00 GMT 2005


> This seems to be the first use of /dev/full in glibc.
> Do all of glibc's target systems provide a usable /dev/full?

GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux do.  If others don't and have good reason, they can
contribute code to do something different in libc for their configurations.



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