> On that whole subject... > > Do we need a Unix domain socket equivalent to openat()? I don't think so. The name is just a file system indexing trick, it's not really the socket proper. It's little more than "ascii string with permissions attached" - indeed we also support an abstract name space which for a lot of uses is actually more convenient. AF_UNIX between roots raises some interesting semantic questions when you begin passing file descriptors down them as well. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html