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List:       freebsd-stable
Subject:    Re: [NFS] Incompatible: FreeBSD 4.2 client, Linux 2.2.18 nfsv3 server, read-only export
From:       Neil Brown <neilb () cse ! unsw ! edu ! au>
Date:       2001-01-31 1:55:27
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On Thursday January 25, matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> > An alternative patch is
> 
> Has been posted to the Linux-kernel mailing list bei Neil B, and "mostly
> works". FreeBSD and Linux chat almost properly, but Linux does not
> report EXECUTE permissions though the exported directory is mode 1777.
> It does however return READ|LOOKUP which is sufficient for FreeBSD to do
> the ls.
> 

 From rfc1813:

         ACCESS3_EXECUTE
            Execute file (no meaning for a directory).

So we never return EXECUTE permission on a directory. LOOKUP should be
sufficient.

NeilBrown

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> Matthias Andree
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