Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

[Tim Tassonis <timtas@cubic.ch>]

> The ACLs that were added to Linux were a step in the
> right direction but very incomplete. What should be is
> a complex permission system that would allow fine
> grained permissions and inherentance masks to control
> what permission are granted when someone moves new
> files into a directory. Instead of just root and users
> there would be mid level roles where users and objects
> had management authority over parts of the system and
> the roles can be defined in a very flexible way. For
> example, rights might change during "business hours".

The problem with complex permission systems is, well, they are complex...

I'd still go for the UNIX KISS philosophy and the rather easy permission 
system, as it is easier to manage. Windows has all that great permission 
stuff, but if you look at the reality, hardly anybody uses it due to its 
complexity.

Tim