From: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [Acl-Devel] NFSv3 ACL status?
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:49:54 +0200
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On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 09:01, Peter Astrand wrote:
> Can someone give an quick overview of the Linux NFSv3 ACL status? The
> Linux NFS FAQ at http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ says:
> 
> "D3. What does this mean:  svc: unknown program 100227 (me 100003)
> 
> A. It refers to a mount request by a Solaris system that is trying to get
> ACL information - which linux obviously does not have. "
> 
> But: http://acl.bestbits.at/ seems to indicate that ACLs over NFSv3
> actually works, and provides patches for 2.6.1, but I can't find any
> information about if this patch is really needed for modern kernels
> (2.6.7) or modern distributions. Is this patch for the server, client or 
> both?

The patch is required on both the client and the server side. (You will
find a more recent version of the patch as part of
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mantel/kotd/i386/kernel-source.src.rpm.)

> Also, what about interoperatbility with Solaris?

The implementation is compatible.

Cheers,
-- 
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>
SUSE Labs, SUSE LINUX AG




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