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Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseudo root

Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu> Sun, 16 May 2004 20:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [nfsv4] FYI: Readdir not allowed on NFS pseudo root
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From: Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>
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  The current plan is to return NFS4ERR_NOENT for a READDIR of the NFSv4 
  pseudo root.

That seems wrong to me.  It would imply that the root does not exist, and in
my opinion would violate the spec.  I think you want something more like
NFS4ERR_ACCESS.

Other than that, an unreadable root seems acceptable, although unfriendly.
Why not put your flat file system somewhere below the root, and make that
unreadable?

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