Bill Studenmund wrote:

> Why do we need a flag? Why is "FSYSTEM" different from other opens?
> 
> i.e. don't we want the normal open mask handling?

because I care if the disk is mounted, or used for swap, more than I
care if someone just open()'d it.

> They aren't the same thing. What we'd need to do is indicate this all by 
> partition or wedge. And that'd mean either partition/wedge-based names in 
> a device-level proplib, or partition-level proplibs. I tend to think the 
> latter is better.

this is wrong and practically defeats the purpose of the change. they
*are* the same as far as the security policy goes.

-e.