[linux-cifs-client] [RFC PATCH] CIFS posix acl permission checking

Jeff Layton jlayton at samba.org
Tue Mar 30 06:52:43 MDT 2010


On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:44:42 +0200
Stef Bon <stefbon at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/3/12 Jeff Layton <jlayton at samba.org>:
> >
> > CIFS is already a god-awful mess when it comes to handling permissions.
> > There are a ton of options that affect how it deals with permissions.
> > Many of them conflict and the effect of their union is poorly
> > understood. It's a maintenance and support *nightmare*. Adding this
> > means adding more options and yet another set of behavior, and that
> > worries me.
> >
> 
> I do not know how difficult it is to maintain, but sometimes it's a
> good idea to rewrite code.
> Maybe you already have thought about that, but is it an (again a) option?
> 
> Stef
> 

What are you proposing to rewrite?
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton at samba.org>


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