From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Sean Bartell <wingedtachikoma@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Permissions model for btrfs?
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:02:33 -0500
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 12:35:35PM -0500, Wayne Pollock wrote:
> I looked though the wiki (and "searched" the archives) but
> don't see an answer.  Will btrfs support old POSIX-style ACLs
> and permissions, or the new NFS/NT style ACLs like ZFS?  From
> the patch I saw, it seems old POSIX ACLs and permissions, but
> I'd like to know for sure.  (And maybe the FAQ on the wiki could
> address this?)  If it is the older POSIC ACLs, is there any plan
> to support NFSv4 ACLs in the future?

Right now it supports POSIX ACLs. I don't know about future plans.

> On a related note, will btrfs support any ext4 attributes (via chattr)?

It currently supports AaDdiS.