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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: unlink(inode)? or how to remove file with '/' in its name
Message-ID: <4216@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 31 Oct 90 01:28:36 GMT
References: <1990Oct18.030832.10894@melb.bull.oz.au> <27063@mimsy.umd.edu>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>For whatever silly reason, the Sun NFS server code does not check for
>`impossible' characters in each file lookup or create operation.

The reason is "nobody thought of putting such a check in".  I think
SunOS 4.1 does do the check.  (Auspex servers do the check as well, and
I suspect some but not all other vendors do.)