Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:55:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | "David L. Parsley (lkml account)" <> | Subject | Re: caps in elf headers: use the sticky bit! |
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Hi David,
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, David Lang wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > The suggestion that was made to allow different implementations of the > "capabilitys exist for this file" bit for different filesystems sounded > like it was on the right track, it allows for filesystem support where it > is feasable, and allows for workarounds to be implemented for other > filesystems without having to change the entire filesystem.
Yes, and this sticky bit is a good candidate because it's so well supported and so useless otherwise. ;-)
> When the NFS > client is modified to use the sticky bit as the caps bit it should get the > squash_sticky default as well.
Most definitely. I'd be surprised, though, if the idea doesn't draw a few screams. ;-)
cheers, David
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