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Date:      Fri, 03 Jul 1998 08:09:38 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        dkelly@hiwaay.net
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: permission confusion at mount points 
Message-ID:  <19506.899446178@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jul 1998 19:21:25 -0500"
References:  <199807030021.TAA18905@nospam.hiwaay.net>

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> > Should the mount point really influence permissions this way w/o
> > giving any indication of this?  Or is this behavior unintentional?
> > Is it worth a PR?
> 
> Its that way in every Unix I've used. Can't think of one that it doesn't
> act up, but somebody would point out the odd system if I was to claim
> more than I know and say *all* unices.

Yes, I've seen this trip the unwary on many different Unix systems. I've
never seen a reason for *why* it has to be this way.

Can anybody enlighten us why?

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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