> > acl database?
>
> I was presuming we would, as Solaris does, store the ACL metadata
> attached to each individual inode. If we choose to store all ACL
> metadata for a given file system in a file at the root of that file
> system (as we do for quotes), this is a non-issue.

this one file could get incredibly large in complitated cases. what about
access speed?


> An ACL-aware version of the file system will see the ACLs, an ACL-
> unaware one will not. Note that this could lead to allowing
> inappropriate access to files on the ACL-unaware system.
>
> --
>        ~ g r @ eclipsed.net
>