Re: Reiser4 and ACLs

[michael chang <thenewme91@gmail.com>]

On 8/15/05, Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:30:32 -0700, Marc Perkel <marc@perkel.com> said:
> 
> > It seems to me that getting in the Kernel is the most important
> > thing. Then getting it compatible with existing standards. Then you
> > build up the user based (addicts) and then you add the innovative
> > stuff. Otherwise people are going to use Ext3 because it has ACLs and
> > Reiser4 doesn't. That's where I'm at. If it doesn't do ACLs it doesn't
> > work. I need acls.
> 
> AFAIK, ACLs are separate from xattr.  It's just that Ext3 uses xattr to
> store their ACLs.  So it should be possible to implement ACLs (following
> the same standards) via sys_reiser4.

It is.  That's what reiser4 is doing.  It's just that older xattr
tools don't know how to access the new ACLs access system, (a.k.a.
access ACLs *NOT* via xattrs) and it's not written yet.

> Perhaps someone more knowledgeable
> can confirm (or deny).

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~Mike
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