Subject: Re: Support for ACLs
To: None <wrstuden@zembu.com>
From: Phil Nelson <philnelson@home.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/12/2001 14:44:48
>> Okay, so how do we then handle modification of the ACL? VOP_ACCESS()
>> only handles the access on the file; it does not do manipulation of
>> the access controls.
>
>Doh, yes, there is that. :-) While I think one VOP could do it, I'd say
>let's look at what other OSs are doing (especially NFS) and do something
>not too far off of that.
Well, coda uses IOCTL for ACL changing and setting. Also, coda allows
ACLs on directories only, not on normal files.
--
Phil Nelson
e-mail: philnelson@home.com (Work: phil@cs.wwu.edu)
web: members.home.com/philnelson