Re: Deleting a file from within the kernel

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> > to delete a file you need both the parent directory and the namespace it
> > belongs in. Kernel mode has no such namespace realistically (or rather a
> > standardized one that doesn't have to be the same one userspace apps
> > have).
> 
> Doesn't the nfs server which resides in the kernel need the ability to
> delete files?

Doesn't the nfs server run in userspace?
I think so.

	Tomas

> 
> Thanks!
> Tony 
> 
> 
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