Unexpected NFS Effects

[Chris Maltby]

Jonathan I. Kamens writes:
: Now, NFS can draw no distinction between a root user making a read
: request and a kernel [...] making read requests, and there is no
: difference in NFS between a "read for user viewing" and "read for
: execution" request.

So that's how it is, I'm sure. The question now is "Why?". I can't think
of any reason why you couldn't pass a "read for execution" request distinct
from a "read as data" request. I guess someone crocked the design... (:-)
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