> I think "Whatta hell with this x bit meaning 'can browse'
> for dirs?! Who was that clever guy who invented that? Grrrr"
>
> Isn't r sufficient? Can we deprecate x for dirs?
> I.e. make it a mirror of r: you set r, you see x set,
> you clear r, you see x cleared, set/clear x = nop?
That won't fly, but maybe NFSv4 permissions will. Then at
least you could specify "search" or "traverse" permission,
neither of which will affect regular files.
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