From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: michael chang Subject: Re: Reiser4 and ACLs Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:12:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <42FEC9F1.9040709@perkel.com> <17151.17921.996376.693013@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87k6in5dri.fsf@evinrude.uhoreg.ca> <17152.63727.435377.223362@thebsh.namesys.com> <1124138041.11626.4.camel@localhost> <17152.65201.525419.283987@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <43010157.1030107@perkel.com> <43012440.8020804@slaphack.com> <43012598.7080207@perkel.com> <873bpa659r.fsf@evinrude.uhoreg.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <873bpa659r.fsf@evinrude.uhoreg.ca> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Hubert Chan Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com On 8/15/05, Hubert Chan wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:30:32 -0700, Marc Perkel said: >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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). --=20 ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable.