Subject: Re: protection bits
To: Mike Long <mikel@shore.net>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/12/1998 09:54:19
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 02:48:15AM -0500, Mike Long wrote:
> 2.3.2 file access permissions:
> ...
> (a) The file permission bits of a file contain read, write, and
> execute/search permissions for the file owner class, file group
> class, and file other class.
> (b) Access is granted if...the requested access permission bit is set
> for the class (file owner class, file group class, or file other
> class) to which the process belongs...; otherwise, access is
> denied.
Errr... does this mean NetBSD isn't posix compliant, then? If the group
bits deny access, but other bits allow access, NetBSD denies access to
the file.
-jm