> >Don't bring the policy question into the kernel. If you want to kill the
> >contents of inode - unlink() is _not_ a way to go. truncate() is.
>
> What have unlink() or truncate() to do with this issue? The only system
> call we are talking about is _link_(2).
He's telling you to use > $1; rm $1 instead of plain rm $1. That works
in both cases (suid programs and quota being exceeded).
You might want to put file called rm containing this
#!/bin/bash
> $1; rm $1
on your search path.
Pavel
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