Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:15:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:15:11 -0500 Received: from usw-sf-sshgate.sourceforge.net ([216.136.171.253]:26876 "EHLO usw-sf-netmisc.sourceforge.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:15:01 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Per user private directories - trfs Message-Id: From: "Amit S. Kale" Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 07:14:17 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Translators for providing per user private directories and restricting visibility of files and directories using the translation filesystem are available now at http://trfs.sourceforge.net/ Per user private directories: Files created in a per user private directory are not visible to users other than the owner of the files. Per user view enables users to use shared directories as if they were private. Using a peruser view for a shared directory like /tmp allows users to have their own copy of the directory. It also helps reduce contention for directories like /var/spool/mail that undergo a large number of file creations and removals. Restricted visibility of files and directories: Owner of a file can make it invisible to group (of the file) or others by restricting its visibility. A directory listing by a user shows only those files which are visibile to the user. Invisible files cannot be accessed even by using a stat system call. -- Amit S. Kale Linux kernel source level debugger http://kgdb.sourceforge.net/ Translation filesystem http://trfs.sourceforge.net/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/