--- Phillip Susi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marc Perkel wrote: > > > > Kyle - you are still missing the point. chmod goes > > away. File permissions goes away. Directories as > you > > know them goes away. > > You are missing the point Marc... open()ing a file > will have to perform > a number of these pattern matches to decide if it is > allowed or not... > this would be a HUGE overhead. > >
I don't see it as being any worse that what we have now. To open a file you have to start at the bottom and open each directory and evaluate the permissions on the way to the file. In my system you have to look up the permission of the string at each "/" separator. Seems to me that every system would have these same steps. Marc Perkel Junk Email Filter dot com http://www.junkemailfilter.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/