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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] new syscall: flink
Date: 7 Apr 2003 13:35:12 -0700
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By author:    "Clayton Weaver" <cgweav@email.com>
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> 
> Since the client owns the new directory entry, it can chmod the
> inode to have any permissions it wants, create or modify an ACL
> where ACLs are in use, modify a capabilities mask more fine-grained
> than traditional unix permissions if something like that is in use,
> etc.
> 

Uhm, no.  Ownership is an inode property.

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