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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:55:42 +0400
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Subject:	Re: Perl bug (was Re: [1.7] cygwin allows writing to readonly files)
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Corinna
Vinschen<corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> That's a bug in perl. =C2=A0There are other OSes out there which have
> root-like permissions for non-0 uids. =C2=A0Perl should use the access()
> function to check for read/write/execute permissions, which always
> returns the correct result independent of the uid of the current user.

Ah, so it is actually possible on other OSes, I didn't know that. Then
maybe you're right.

Thanks for clarifying.

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