From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:41:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:41:45 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:59918 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:41:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:50:22 +0100 From: Olaf Kirch To: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix NFS IRIX compatibility braindamage Message-ID: <20030106195021.GD8269@suse.de> References: <200210291208.g9TC8s305165@hera.kernel.org> <20030106193320.GD16489@codemonkey.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030106193320.GD16489@codemonkey.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 07:33:20PM +0000, Dave Jones wrote: > I'm going through the old 2.4 changelogs looking for bits that > have been missed out, the little one liners have been going > direct to Linus/maintainer, but here's the first one I'm > unsure of.. > > Any reason this is missing in 2.5 ? I think I sent it to the NFS mailing list and forgot about it afterwards. The problem this patch tries to address is that the current code allows diskless clients to chmod device files, even when the directory is exported read-only. Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | Anyone who has had to work with X.509 has probably okir@suse.de | experienced what can best be described as ---------------+ ISO water torture. -- Peter Gutmann