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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system
Message-ID: <1516@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 15 Sep 88 21:00:54 GMT
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The ability to open a file by unique id (for example dev/inode in
UNIX) is not necessarily desirable.  It breaks one aspect of UNIX
security... the ability to hide a group of files by putting  them
in a  mode 700 directory.  If it was possible to open a file by a
unique id (via, for example the flat file  system)  it  would  be
trivial to get around this.

-- 
Peter da Silva  `-_-'  Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
"Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?"            peter@ficc.uu.net