Re: Open by inode? (was Re: knfsd)

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:21:30 +0200


>> Is there any reason why the superuser shouldn't be able to open by
>> inode? This seems an obvious idea; perhaps there's also an obvious
>> argument against it that I'm not seeing...

JL> Is this really necessary?

It might speed up news servers - maybe even a lot.

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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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