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The idea that having ownership and permission bits at the file level being a problem fixed by moving the permissions to the directory level completely hand wave
by mmcgaha 5y ago
The idea that having ownership and permission bits at the file level being a problem fixed by moving the permissions to the directory level completely hand waves over the fact that hard links exist in unix file systems. They need to think a little harder about that Mencken quote.
- wmanley 5y agoSee the next article in the series "Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs"[1]. This specifically addresses how the existence of hard links is elegant in itself, but exports complexity to other parts of the system. [1]: https://lwn.net/Articles/416494/ https://lwn.net/Articles/416494/