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Re: Could svn_backend check permissions?

From: Philip Martin <philip_at_codematters.co.uk>
Date: 2003-09-05 22:04:35 CEST

Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU> writes:

> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 15:21, Philip Martin wrote:
>> - In normal use a user needs to be able to create new log files,
>> verifying that this is possible involves checking directory
>> permissions all the way back to root.
>
> Really? If we can stat() the directory at all, then only the mode bits
> on that directory should affect whether we can create files there.

Yes, you are right. 

-- 
Philip Martin
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