[OpenAFS] 'read' AC right - what does it do?

[Derek Atkins]

jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de writes:

> Is the read permission (without lookup permission)
> useless?

Yes.

> In practise - if it were working - it's quite
> useful as one can use the filename like a key.

Without 'l' you can't even enter the directory at all, even if you
know the name.  This is considered a feature and lets you not hop
directories.

-derek

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