- sanitizes the symlink target strings. This means that the symlinks
- values will now be accepted (and returned) with all their symlink info
+ sanitizes the symlink target strings. This means that each symlink's
+ value will now be accepted (and thus returned) with its symlink info
intact. Also, in order to keep things safe, any option that tells a
non-chroot daemon to treat some symlinks as their referent (such as
--copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) now manually checks the symlink chain
to ensure that the symlinks do not try to escape past the top of the
intact. Also, in order to keep things safe, any option that tells a
non-chroot daemon to treat some symlinks as their referent (such as
--copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) now manually checks the symlink chain
to ensure that the symlinks do not try to escape past the top of the
- module's path. This makes a non-chroot daemon behave the same as a
- chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a potential
- problem where pre-existing symlinks could have escaped the module's
- hierarchy.
+ module's path. Both these changes make a non-chroot daemon behave the
+ same as a chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a
+ potential problem where a pre-existing symlink could have escaped the
+ module's hierarchy.
- Fixed a overzealous sanitizing bug in the handling of the --*-dest
options (--link-dest, --copy-dest, and --compare-dest): if the copy's
- Fixed a overzealous sanitizing bug in the handling of the --*-dest
options (--link-dest, --copy-dest, and --compare-dest): if the copy's
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