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> Hi everyone,
>
> I am wondering if anybody on the list is currently using XFS ACLs in some
> sort of a production environment (although this term has to be qualified).
> I ask not because of concern with the stability of ACL support with XFS,
> but because I need help with implementing them.
>
> In particular a previous thread (Subject: chacl questions) did not
> progress enough for me to find a way to get to implement them on my
> system.
>
> I hope my rephrasing my questions will help me get some answers.
>
> What needs to be done:
>
> o Set the ACLs of a pretty large tree of files and directories
> recursively.
>
I don't know if there's a more elegant way to do it but I think one could
do it with xargs, for example from the top level directory:
find . -print | xargs -i -t chacl <acl stuff> {}
> o Find out how to manage ACLs for easy addition/removal of particular
> user privileges on a per-subtree/branch basis again recursively.
>
Again might be a more elegant way to do it but I think it could be done
with xargs.
> o Get some tips from those who have already implemented ACLs for a large
> data share (something like what Samba can provide although to be accessed
> locally or via NFS).
>
NFS does not support ACLs.
Tad
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