I've made a FAQ entry on the AFSLore wiki in an attempt to comprehensively document the complete semantics of the owner, group, and mode bits in AFS:
http://www.dementia.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/UsageFAQ#2_21_What_meaning_do_the_UNIX_ow If I got anything wrong or left anything out, please let me know and I will update it. I'd like to try to make this as complete as possible. - a Jeffrey Hutzelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Not true. There are a number of subtle uses of file owners in AFS, >>> particularly with regard to how directories work where you have 'i' >>> but not 'w'. >> >> Hrm. Are these documented anywhere (other than the source code)? > > The published documentation explains how dropboxes work from the > user's point of view. I don't believe there is a good description of > the mechanisms that make it work, but basically, if you have 'i' on a > directory, the fileserver will let you write to files in that > directory which you own. > > -- Jeff -- PGP/GPG: 5C9F F366 C9CF 2145 E770 B1B8 EFB1 462D A146 C380 _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
