Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] 1.4b2+OS8 / Trash Problem (even with asun patch)
From: Tony Stuckey (stuckey@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 17 1998 - 14:19:29 EDT
> Some thoughts: The Network Trash Folder is created with permissions uo+rwx
> with no access to group. Since others have rwx permissions, everyone should
> have access to it. However, could it be a possibility that because group has no
> access, the fact that others have access is ignored and hence access is denied?
> It shouldn't be the case but are there certain checks that erroneously behaves
> as such (or even deems such as correct behaviour?) Why is the Network Trash Folder
> created with only uo+rwx instead of ugo+rwx. Furthermore, this is inherited by
> .AppleDouble with the Network Trash Folder and the Trash Can Usage Map
> (and .Parent and Trash Can Usage Map within .AppleDouble). The fact that others
> have rw perms should imply access to everyone. Does the fact that g has no perms
> make any difference? Does drwx---rwx = drwxrwxrwx ?
No, and it shouldn't.
Excluding a group of users is a perfectly legitimate operation, and
useful in several contexts. (All classes except freshmen have access to
this directory, etc.)
-- Anthony J. Stuckey stuckey@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu "When I was young, the sky was full of stars. I watched them burn out one by one." -Warren Zevon
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