Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: nfs insecure_locks / Tru64 behaviour | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:00:54 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 22:41 +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 09:58:40PM +0100, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > Huh? No it doesn't. The Linux NLM server requires that the client > > authenticate using AUTH_SYS (unless you use insecure_locks), but it > > certainly doesn't require you to have root privileges. That would > > violate POSIX locking rules. > > Yes, however True64 does not authenticate (properly), thats why you need the > option if you want to do locking.
Sure, however his problem doesn't appear to be related to POSIX/fcntl locking on the file itself, but rather to access checking on the parent directory.
Cheers, Trond
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