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Re: ACL documentation

To: Andre Majorel <amajorel@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ACL documentation
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:36:06 -0500
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from Andre Majorel <amajorel@teaser.fr> of "Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:25:59 +0200." <20010611192559.A882@aym4>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Just an FYI, the folks who work on the ACL code are in Australia, I tend
to ignore these questions and leave them to the folks in Melbourne. This
of course means it can take a while to get an answer to acl questions.

Steve

> Hello all.
> 
> Is there any documentation that explains in details how XFS ACL
> work ? I've read acl(4) (or acl(5) as it's named in the Linux
> port) but it leaves too many things unsaid.
> 
> For instance,
> - what is the mask field for ?
> - exactly how do chmod and chacl interfere with each other ?
> - after chacl, the perms look like ---abc--- where abc is the
>   value of the mask. What is that supposed to mean ?
> - exactly who has what rights w.r.t. ACLs ?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> Andri Majorel
> Work: <amajorel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Home: <amajorel@xxxxxxxxx> http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/



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