[Samba] ACL support?

[David Brodbeck]

I've heard reports that RedHat 8 Beta includes ext3 ACL support.  Might be
an option if you like RedHat and can wait for the final release.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Litt [mailto:slitt at troubleshooters.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 9:04 PM
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] ACL support?
> 
> 
> Is it still true that in order for a Linux hosted Samba 
> server to have NT ACL 
> support, the Linux box must have an ACL aware file system 
> such as XFS or 
> Andreas Gruenbacher's kernel patch ("POSIX ACL")? I read this 
> in chapter 4 of 
> "Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours". In the time since that 
> book was written, 
> has an easier method been developed, or has a 
> Linux-distro-supplied ACL aware 
> filesystem emerged?
> 
> I'd like to avoid a kernel compile if it can be avoided.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve