| From: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Shridhar Daithankar<shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in>" <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: On file locking |
| Date: | 2003-02-01 00:26:37 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.NEB.4.51.0302010924120.517@angelic.cynic.net |
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Shridhar Daithankar<shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in> wrote:
> Besides file locking is implemented using setgid bit on most unices. And
> everybody is free to do what he/she thinks right with it.
I don't believe it's implemented with the setgid bit on most Unices. As
I recall, it's certainly not on Xenix, SCO Unix, any of the BSDs, Linux,
SunOS, Solaris, and Tru64 Unix.
(I'm talking about the flock system call, here.)
cjs
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