From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Kirch Subject: Re: [PATCH nfsd] ignore chmod calls on symlinks Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:52:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20050712085256.GA20612@suse.de> References: <20050711110635.GM27163@suse.de> <42D26A3F.7030703@redhat.com> <20050711125918.GT27163@suse.de> <42D26EB6.3090301@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DsGVi-0005iD-N7 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:53:02 -0700 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15] helo=mx2.suse.de) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DsGVh-0005b4-Hv for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:53:02 -0700 To: Peter Staubach In-Reply-To: <42D26EB6.3090301@redhat.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 09:05:58AM -0400, Peter Staubach wrote: > So, the nfsd layer is not doing what the vfs layer on the system is already > for callers into the file systems? Yes. sys_chmod will dereference any symlinks, so the situation is entirely different. If nfsd tries to chmod a symlink on eg reiserfs, it will get an EOPNOTSUPP or something like this. Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | --- o --- Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play okir@suse.de | / | \ sol.dhoop.naytheet.ah kin.ir.samse.qurax ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs