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Subject: Re: [NFS] Re: Will NFSv4 be accepted?
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Brian Pawlowski <beepy@netapp.com>
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On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 23:34, Brian Pawlowski wrote:
> But ACL support over the wire is an argument for V4 - and fine grained
> authorization coupled to strong authentication makes for a flexible 
> security package.

ACL works in NFSv2 and nicely in NFSv3 - again the problems Linux has
are the client failing to respect basic NFS rules of operation.

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