Re: Hard link creation witout write access

On Thu, 7 Sep 2023, Taylor R Campbell wrote:

> I think we should have these knobs on by default, but of course in
> principle that might break existing configurations.  So maybe we could
> put it in the default /etc/sysctl.conf -- that way you only get it on
> upgrade if you merge updates to /etc.
>

I played with this after christos@ added the knobs last year[1], and then
sort(1) broke badly. See PR 56775. Expect further squalls if this is turned
on by default.

-RVP

[1]: https://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-security/2022/03/25/msg001108.html