> The same filesystem, exported from SunOS 4.1.1, mounted on SunOS 4.1.4
> does not allow directories to be unlinked. So I conclude that the
> server is not wrong. The Linux kernel should know that the file is a
> directory and not even try to unlink it since it knows it is not
> allowed.
The server is still wrong. There is no reason user-level code couldn't be
written that performs the same "unlink-directory" operation. Yes, it may
be in our best interests to stop the client from doing this, but that
doesn't mean the server isn't broken.
-- Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)