From: Rob Rypka <rascal1182@...>
Date: 2005-09-18T06:10:54+09:00
Subject: Re: $SAFE >= 2

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On 9/17/05, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9/17/05, Rob Rypka <rascal1182@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Later down, they
> > refer to it also as "world writable," a term you might be familiar with=
.
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> Ah, if I had seen that it would have helped. What page do you see that on=
?


I'm not really sure which page, my Pick Axe book is currently at work.=20
However, I saw it on the free online version:

http://www.rubycentral.com/book/taint.html

The details about safe modes are at the very end of the page.

I tried the following under Windows and Ruby didn't complain.
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> $SAFE =3D 2
> load 'moreCode.rb' # just contains a puts
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> Shouldn't it have complained?
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If you're running XP, you've probably got an NTFS filesystem, which does=20
have permissions capabilities.

However, you're right. I have a FAT partition on my windows machine, and it=
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happily loads a file from it when $SAFE =3D 2.

Again, I'm not an expert on Windows filesystems, or how Ruby handles them..=
.=20
Someone else should jump in and explain this :-).

Rob

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