[9fans] Plan9 permissions

[G. David Butler gdb@dbSystems.com]

From: rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
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>	gdb wrote:
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>	Take for example the incoming directory for anonymous ftp,
>	/usr/none/incoming.
>
>There is a way to handle incoming directories for
>anon ftp working within the current permissions scheme, and it

[deleted yet another example of plan9's benefits over other OSs]

From: Lucio de Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
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>Note, as David says, that the more obvious approach has no mechanism to 
>stop the owner doing anything if anyone else can do it.  In such a 
>situation, a 446 permission serves no useful purpose.

I guess it comes down to that.  From the file owner's point of view
what is the difference from 777, 077 (assuming owner is in file's
group) or 007 and from the group's point of view of 077 and 007?
It would seem you are throwing away access granularity for no good reason.