>On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 10:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> To me, a "PRIV_OBJECT_MODIFY" which is required for any file modifying >> operation would seem to be more useful as often a read-only user is >> a worthwhile thing to have; perhaps mirrored with a PRIV_OBJECT_ACCESS >> in case you want to prevent any reading. > >I'd draw a distinction between: > - permitting the creation of new writeable descriptors > - using existing writeable descriptors to modify objects. > >which do you mean here? I think the former is more useful..
Yes; the former, not the latter. The Unix semantics of allowing inherited filedescriptors to just work is required; think, e.g., /dev/tty and others. Stdin/stdout/stderr. Casper _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
