Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 08:09:38 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: permission confusion at mount points Message-ID: <19506.899446178@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jul 1998 19:21:25 -0500" References: <199807030021.TAA18905@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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> > Should the mount point really influence permissions this way w/o > > giving any indication of this? Or is this behavior unintentional? > > Is it worth a PR? > > Its that way in every Unix I've used. Can't think of one that it doesn't > act up, but somebody would point out the odd system if I was to claim > more than I know and say *all* unices. Yes, I've seen this trip the unwary on many different Unix systems. I've never seen a reason for *why* it has to be this way. Can anybody enlighten us why? Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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