On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 08:49:59PM +1100, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > does that mean libacl will need to know about the on disk format for
> > ACL extended attributes for each filesystem it supports?
> >
>
> No, we'll convert to/from a common (VFS) format into the XFS-specific
> format before writing / after reading the ACL.
hmm, but as im understanding this libacl will just be writing an
extended attribute to a file, how will XFS, or whatever know this
attribute is for ACLs rather then just some arbitrary attribute?
the acl.bestbits.at site is rather light on technical info..
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Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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