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Re: Distributed File System for "Hurd"?

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From: Peter Holzer
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1992 21:17
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david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp) writes:

>I would like to see something that allows me to access a file on a
>remote computer without mounting it, based on the permission for that
>file.  I.e. if a file has world read permission, I should be able to
>access it with any Unix command (not just rcp).  -David-

So, just because your /etc/passwd is world-readable, every user on
every computer in the whole world should be able to read it? Maybe we
need a fourth set of permissions ...

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