Re: inode open

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 16, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Matt Thomas wrote:

> Besides the fhopen(2) previously mentioned, this isn't available  
> because it would break the security used by unix.


Other Unix-like platforms (Mac OS X) can do this without breaking the  
Unix security model.  We should be able to, too.

Of course, a good starting point for Adam is -- "What do you need this  
for?"

-- thorpej