From: Grant Miner <mine0057@mrs.umn.edu>
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: "Metas"
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:14:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4086ABE8.4090806@mrs.umn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40869EAD.9020806@namesys.com>
Hans Reiser wrote:
> so if rename works on metas, are you guys happy? that is, if mv
> filename/metas filename/... works, are you less worried about the one in
> 10 million users who will actually hit the reserved keyword?
>
That sounds like the best solution to the rare case where you would need
to use a file named "metas".
But...what about the UNIX security issues where files that aren't
executable can't have their "metas" accessed? I suppose that will
require extensive VFS changes and coordination with Al Viro?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-21 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-05 0:12 "Metas" Christian Iversen
2004-04-05 0:32 ` "Metas" Alexander G. M. Smith
2004-04-05 0:36 ` "Metas" Christian Iversen
2004-04-05 15:17 ` "Metas" Marcelo Pacheco
2004-04-13 16:51 ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-13 18:03 ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-13 18:06 ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-16 18:11 ` "Metas" James H. Cloos Jr.
2004-04-16 19:20 ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-16 20:44 ` "Metas" Grant Miner
2004-04-18 3:33 ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-18 5:28 ` "Metas" Zygo Blaxell
2004-04-21 16:17 ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-21 17:14 ` Grant Miner [this message]
2004-04-25 5:05 ` "Metas" David Masover
2004-04-25 5:44 ` "Metas" Hubert Chan
2004-04-23 20:35 ` "Metas" mjt
2004-04-25 4:38 ` "Metas" David Masover
2004-04-25 10:09 ` "Metas" mjt
2004-04-26 22:30 ` "Metas" Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-04-16 22:16 ` "Metas" David Masover
2004-04-18 3:31 ` "Metas" Narcoleptic Electron
2004-04-21 16:42 ` "Metas" John D. Heintz
2004-04-21 17:00 ` "Metas" Hans Reiser
2004-04-21 18:15 ` "Metas" John D. Heintz
2004-04-05 0:47 ` "Metas" Hubert Chan
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-04-21 16:19 "Metas" Burnes, James
[not found] <no.id>
2004-04-17 2:55 ` "Metas" The Amazing Dragon
2004-04-28 5:06 ` "Metas" The Amazing Dragon
2004-04-28 6:49 ` "Metas" Hubert Chan
2004-04-28 9:32 ` "Metas" mjt
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