Re: [PATCH] Permissions don't stick on ConfigFS attributes

[Jon Smirl]

On 8/19/05, Daniel Phillips <phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Joel,
> 
> Permissions set on ConfigFS attributes (aka files) do not stick.  The reason
> is that configfs attribute inodes are not pinned and simply disappear after
> each file operation.  This is good because it saves memory, but it is not
> good to throw the permissions away - you then don't have any way to expose
> configuration tweaks to normal users.  The patch below fixes this by copying
> each file's mode back into the non-transient backing structure on dentry
> delete.

A patch for making sysfs attributes persistent has recently made it
into Linus' tree.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.hotplug.devel/7927/match=sysfs+permissions

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx
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