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Re: vc-mode-line ancient, root-specific code for buffer-read-only
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: vc-mode-line ancient, root-specific code for buffer-read-only |
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Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:18:57 +0100 |
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On Dez 18 2018, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On the other hand I don't follow the comment "root cannot 'write
> anything'". Traditionally, root can write any file that is writable to any
> user (and even some files that no other users can write to), so in that
> sense roote can "write anything".
A common exception is remote filesystems like NFS where the server is
using root_squash.
Andreas.
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