security fix to wxSingleInstanceChecker: check if the lock file was really created by us

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@27542 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
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Václav Slavík
2004-05-31 22:07:49 +00:00
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@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ instance is running - use
\helpref{IsAnotherRunning()}{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning} to check
for it.
\wxheading{Note}
One of possible reasons while Create may fail on Unix is that the lock file
used for checking already exists but was not created by the user.
Therefore applications shouldn't treat failure of this function as fatal
condition, because doing so would open them to the possibility of a Denial of
Service attack. Instead, they should alert the user about the problem and
offer to continue execution without checking if another instance is running.
\membersection{wxSingleInstanceChecker::IsAnotherRunning}\label{wxsingleinstancecheckerisanotherrunning}
\constfunc{bool}{IsAnotherRunning}{\void}