>I understand you cannot lookup names by inode number in general, because
>that would present a security violation.  Joe User should not be able to
>find the name of an item that's in a directory where he does not have
>permission.
>
> 
>
>But, even if it can only be run by root, is there some way to lookup the
>name of an object based on inode number?

Sure, that's typically how NFS works.

The inode itself is not sufficient; an inode number might be recycled and 
and old snapshot with the same inode number may refer to a different file.

Casper

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