There are people using XFS ACLs with Samba quite successfully, sounds like
a configuration problem, or just the wrong version of the code to me. I will
have to leave it up to someone using ACLs to describe what they are using
and how they installed it.
Steve
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> I tried out Linux XFS with an eye toward using it for Access Control List
> (ACL) support under Samba. I had to give up because it doesn't appear that
> XFS has full Posix support for ACLs. When I tried to link the development
> version of Samba against the XFS include files and ACL library, there were a
> number of unresolved ACL-specific symbols. I switch to using a plain ext2fs
> kernel, with Posix ACL support patched in (see http://acl.bestbits.at), and
> Samba linked just fine. When Samba runs, the shares it provides cause NT to
> display the "Security" tab in the file/folder Properties, which is where
> ACLs are managed.
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> Does this seem right? Is ACL support IRIX specific, or
> not-ready-for-prime-time on i386 Linux? I am asking just to see if it's
> worth my time to go back and try to find out what was going wrong with the
> Posix ACL support under XFS.
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> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I tried out Linux XFS with an eye toward using it for =
> Access Control List (ACL) support under Samba. I had to give up because =
> it doesn't appear that XFS has full Posix support for ACLs. When I =
> tried to link the development version of Samba against the XFS include =
> files and ACL library, there were a number of unresolved ACL-specific =
> symbols. I switch to using a plain ext2fs kernel, with Posix ACL =
> support patched in (see <A HREF=3D"http://acl.bestbits.at"; =
> TARGET=3D"_blank">http://acl.bestbits.at</A>), and Samba linked just =
> fine. When Samba runs, the shares it provides cause NT to display the =
> "Security" tab in the file/folder Properties, which is where =
> ACLs are managed.</FONT></P>
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> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Does this seem right? Is ACL support IRIX specific, =
> or not-ready-for-prime-time on i386 Linux? I am asking just to see if =
> it's worth my time to go back and try to find out what was going wrong =
> with the Posix ACL support under XFS.</FONT></P>
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> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Andrew C. =
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> 20 763-557-9005 (main)</FONT>
> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Plymouth, MN 55441-2644 =
> USA 763-551-6418 (direct)</FONT>
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