Links in Linux are like shortcuts: references to a file that don't duplicate it. A symbolic link references by filename but ...

Have you heard it said that everything in Linux is a file? That is largely true, and that’s why the ability to manipulate files is crucial to mastering Linux Fu. One thing that makes a Linux ...

For a project, I have a set of "fork" directories which are duplicates of a "baseline" directory, but with some modified and some additional files. A large number of these files in these "fork" ...

Topic ===== Symlink attacks in ed. Problem Description ===== The ed editor used files in /tmp with predictable names. By using various symlink attacks, it is possible for local users to exploit this ...