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SubjectRE: (reiserfs) Re: NFSv4 ACLs (was: ...ACL's and reiser...)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xuan Baldauf [mailto:xuan--reiserfs@baldauf.org]
> If I understood Linda correctly, there is magic, because (the access to) the resulting
> "." is resolved at chdir time, not at access time. Therefore access should succeed even
> when chdir()ing, not chrooting(). And also according to Linda, open() could succeed,
> because (the access to) the new "/" is resolved at chroot time (and not access time),
> too. So who's right? (I agree that there is a misunderstanding, but I still cannot see
> who is wrong with what opinion. :-))
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Minor clarification. I didn't use the word "should" anywhere in my post.
I simply described the current behavior of 2.2.16.

Deciding if the behavior should be changed is not a discussion of
'correct' vs. 'incorrect' behavior. It's a discussion of current behavior
and proposed different behaviors.

-l

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Linda A Walsh | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI
law@sgi.com | Voice: (650) 933-5338



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