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default acl on directory problem

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Subject: default acl on directory problem
From: Thomas Winkler <t.winkler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 22 Mar 2002 15:42:39 +0100
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
hi,
i am using xfs enabled kernel 2.4.16 and tools. acl seems to work
properly, except me having a hard time setting correct default acls on a
directory. 

after setting acls on a directory (chacl and setfacl) it looks like
this:

# file: .
# owner: cvs
# group: cvs-misc
user::rwx
group::rwx
other::---
mask::rwx
group:cvs-misc:rwx
default:user::rwx
default:group::rwx
default:other::---
default:mask::rwx
default:group:cvs-misc:rwx

this seems to work for all users in the cvs-misc group. when a create a
file as user all other users of cvs-misc have read and write
permissions. when i create a directory as another user (not cvs) i get
something like the following:

# file: .
# owner: [otheruser]
# group: [otherprimarygroup]
user::rwx
group::rwx                      #effective:r-x
other::---
mask::r-x
group:cvs-misc:rwx              #effective:r-x
default:user::rwx
default:group::rwx
default:other::---
default:mask::rwx
default:group:cvs-misc:rwx

why do i have effective r-x permissions for group access? shouldn't it
be rwx, or am i missing something?

if someone has an idea.

thank you,
thomas



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