Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Possible permissions bug on NFSv3 kernel client | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:49:02 +0200 | From | Pascal Schmidt <> |
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:50:06 +0200, you wrote in linux.kernel:
>> ...so that the the MODIFY and EXTEND bits aren't set when writing to a >> block or character device. > > Hmm... Why shouldn't the MODIFY bit at least be set if the user > requested write access to the device?
It's somewhat of a mixed-up situation for device nodes exported via NFSv3. Permission bits are on the server, but the actual write does not happen via NFS (as v3 WRITE only works on regular files).
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