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- From: itschere@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
- Subject: Re: readonly files
- Date: Tue, 17 May 94 14:36:10 MET DST
- In-Reply-To: <m0q38Ip-0000aVC@sdf.lonestar.org>; from "Evan K. Langlois" at May 16, 94 02:26:00 pm
-
- Huhu...
-
- > Nope, it's checked after denyacess is called I think. There is an extra
- > check for it, anyway, dosfile.c. I quote :
- >
- > /*
- > * an extra check for write access -- even the superuser shouldn't
- > * write to files with the FA_RDONLY attribute bit set (unless,
- > * we just created the file, or unless the file is on the proc
- > * file system and hence FA_RDONLY has a different meaning)
- > */
-
- Hmmm, I've always thought FA_* stuff is for tosfs only and always set to
- nothing on any other (better) filesystem, and thus only intorduced because
- tosfs doesn't use the other modes, but maybe... ;-)
-
- > No, TOS compatibility is MiNTs biggest asset. Without it, MiNT is nothing...
-
- (very-close-to-flame-like-stuff deleted) ;-)
-
- ==> WATCH THE SMILEY!!!
-
- > Here's my guidline for a new domain :
-
- If the above mentioned is your opinion, then why do you care about such
- things to be added to mint?
-
- Never mind, I too would like such a mode. :-)
-
- ciao,
- TeSche
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