Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:13:03 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits) |
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Miklos Szeredi wrote: > > Note that NFS checks the permissions on _both_ the client and server, > > for a reason. > > Does it? If I read the code correctly the client checks credentials > supplied by the server (or cached). But the server does the actual > checking of permissions. > > Am I missing something?
Yes, for NFSv2, this test in nfs_permssion():
if (!NFS_PROTO(inode)->access) goto out;
And for either version of NFS, if the uid and gid are non-zero, and the permission bits indicate that an access is permitted, then the client does not consult the server for permission.
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