"write list" overrides "read only" but "admin users" does not

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 04:02:07PM -0800, Steven Danneman wrote:
>> I agree Jeremy, that "read only" intuitively implies a read-only medium,
>> like a CDROM.  Which is why the "write list" concept seems incongruent.
> 
> Good point.
> 
>> It is because "write list" does not behave in this manor, but rather
>> let's users override a "read only" setting (something that you could not
>> do on a CDROM) that I felt "admin users" should similarly violate that
>> intuitive notion.
> 
> Yes, I see why you would think this.
> 
>> Regardless, it seems this is an inconsistency that fixing (either by
>> making "admin users" write or "write list" users not) would upset
>> someone, and thus perhaps should just be documented more clearly in the
>> man page and left as is.
> 
> Well the way we've handled these things in the past is if someone
> really wants a semantics change, we put it to a vote on the list,
> and get all opinions and come to a consensus.
> 
> I'm not averse to doing that with the idea of adding "admin users"
> default members of the write list, but it's your idea so I'll
> let you run with it if that's what you want to do :-).

I'd vote for a doc update to the man page and leave as is.






cheers, jerry
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