Subject: Re: [vserver] Requirements for file to be hashified
From: Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:41:13 +0000
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:41:13 +0000
Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 07:01:45PM +0000, Ed W wrote:
>   
>> Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:
>>     
>>> Content, and basic properties. Hashifying a file owned by root and one
>>> owned by a user would be rather bad...
>>>       
>   
..

> well, it would just be wrong, because the user
> would not want to have his/her file owned by root
> and probably root wouldn't want to have the file
> owned by some (maybe not even local) user :)
>   


OK, so the ownership info is a function of the file itself and not the
link?  That would explain the problem and also why the link check is as
it is

Thanks

Ed W


Herbert Poetzl wrote:
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 07:01:45PM +0000, Ed W wrote:
  
Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote:
    
Content, and basic properties. Hashifying a file owned by root and one
owned by a user would be rather bad...
      
  
..

well, it would just be wrong, because the user
would not want to have his/her file owned by root
and probably root wouldn't want to have the file
owned by some (maybe not even local) user :)
  


OK, so the ownership info is a function of the file itself and not the link?  That would explain the problem and also why the link check is as it is

Thanks

Ed W