'Re: KDE & ACLs'

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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE & ACLs
From:       "Manuel Amador \(Rudd-O\)" <amadorm () usm ! edu ! ec>
Date:       2001-11-14 16:38:35
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NFS does (version 3) have support for ACLs.  I think they reserved 
something like 16 bytes of .... well, forget my last sentence.  What I 
don't think Linux (or BSD) has is support for those ACLs in the NFS 
protocol.

Mats Loman wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
>
>>Edoardo Causarano wrote:
>>
>>
>>I was actually thinking about this, too. If I find some time the next days I'll
>>give it a shot. However, I think there's no way of propagating ACL information
>>across a NFS mount, so I'm curious how one would solve this problem? ACLs only on
>>a local filesystem seem pretty useless to me...
>>
>I think that that is not far from solved in NFSv3. Today it is not
>implemented but if the kernel will get a API for ACLs then it's probably
>done rather quickly.  That is what i think atleast.
>

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NFS does (version 3) have support for ACLs. &nbsp;I think they reserved something
like 16 bytes of .... well, forget my last sentence. &nbsp;What I don't think
Linux (or BSD) has is support for those ACLs in the NFS protocol.<br>
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Mats Loman wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:Pine.LNX.4.33.0111132123350.1252-100000@orion.starnet.dyn.dhs.org">  <pre \
wrap="">On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:<br><br></pre>  <blockquote \
type="cite">  <pre wrap="">Edoardo Causarano wrote:<br><br><br>I was actually \
thinking about this, too. If I find some time the next days I'll<br>give it a shot. \
However, I think there's no way of propagating ACL information<br>across a NFS mount, \
so I'm curious how one would solve this problem? ACLs only on<br>a local filesystem \
seem pretty useless to me...<br><br></pre>  </blockquote>
    <pre wrap=""><!---->I think that that is not far from solved in NFSv3. Today it \
is not<br>implemented but if the kernel will get a API for ACLs then it's \
probably<br>done rather quickly.  That is what i think atleast.<br><br></pre>  \
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