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Subject: Re: open(2) and O_NOATIME
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 07:16:42PM -0700, Xin LI wrote:
> Em...  Allowing administrators to disable NOATIME would be a good thing,
> but wouldn't allowing arbitrary program to decide whether atime should
> be changed, be a serious security disaster?

Think of backup programs.

Joerg