[syslinux] PXE Error Reporting

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Jan 20 12:55:24 PST 2015


On 01/20/2015 12:17 PM, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> On 01/20/2015 09:13 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> I can't remember, but I have a vague recollection that someone
>> specifically requested that EACCES be treated the same as ENOENT...
> 
> If that is really necessary then please don't report that condition as
> "file not found"; it's really misleading.

That is, however, the whole point -- the existence of a inaccessible
file should not be visible to the client.

This is apparently a security requirement in some environments.

	-hpa




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