Current approaches to ACL handling

J. Bruce Fields bfields at fieldses.org
Mon Oct 8 12:31:01 MDT 2012


On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 11:05:08AM -0500, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
> If we were to get Windows ACL support in the kernel, the next
> problem would be mapping those ACLs to the behaviors that Linux
> software expects.  There's an inherent conflict that has to be
> resolved, so the question is where and how to resolve it.  There are
> a lot of viable schemes out there, but as a general solution we've
> always found that the most acceptable solution is to have Samba be
> the adaptive piece, and not try to pass the semantic conflicts off
> to the kernel or other applications.

I don't understand your last sentence.  (What is an "adaptive piece",
and what would it mean for Samba to "pass the semantic conflicts off to
the kernel or other applications"?)

--b.


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