Re: ACLs in ext2fs

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 17:00:11 +0100


Hi,

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:11:33 -0500, "Taral" <taral@mail.utexas.edu> said:

> I noticed in 2.0.32 (a while back) that ACL support was in ext2fs as a
> file which really didn't implement ACLs... Did anyone ever extend it
> to support ACLs?

Yes. Remy Card did a prototype implementation. That, plus the
linux-privs group's capabilities code, is slated for merging into ext2fs
in 2.3.

> (No I don't want to run 2.1.xxx right now... I recently lost _way_ too
> much to an HD crash to take any more risks.)

Backups. :)

--Stephen

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