Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 May 2008 14:28:19 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [patch 06/14] hfsplus: remove hfsplus_permission() |
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Hi,
On Thu, 22 May 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > That check didn't used to be there and that the HFS+ check is older than > > that might have given you the idea that it at least used to work. > > So now the only way for a fs to differentiate between lookup and exec is > > gone... :-( > > That check was added quite some time ago: > > commit a343bb7750e6a098909c34f5c5dfddbc4fa40053 > Author: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> > Date: Tue Aug 22 20:06:03 2006 -0400 > > VFS: Fix access("file", X_OK) in the presence of ACLs > > Also it sounds just plain wrong to allow execution without an x bit. > It could cause nasty surprises at least. What was the intended > purpose of that code, and why did nobody notice when it stopped > working?
As I said to allow lookup on files.
bye, Roman
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