From: Neil Brown Subject: Re: ACL patch - is this bad or good? Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:30:54 +1100 Message-ID: <16819.43070.634276.944461@cse.unsw.edu.au> References: <20041204222659.GA5837@perlsupport.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Cb6n1-0006Iy-If for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 16:31:43 -0800 Received: from note.orchestra.cse.unsw.edu.au ([129.94.242.24] ident=root) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb6mv-00028t-Jt for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 16:31:39 -0800 To: Chip Salzenberg In-Reply-To: message from Chip Salzenberg on Saturday December 4 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: On Saturday December 4, chip@pobox.com wrote: > Hi there. A Debian user contributed a copy of what he says is a Red > Hat patch to support "acl" and "no_acl" options for NFS exports. > > Is this patch OK? Define "OK" ??? I must admit a personal bias. I find it very hard to get enthusiastic about anything relating to ACLs. I think they are one of the worst mis-features ever to be grafted on to the side of a filesystem. I am *very* tempted to say "Don't use an old client if your server supports ACLs", but there are probably some poor souls out there who are forced to do so due to circumstances beyond their control...... This patch is OK as far as it goes. However it is completely useless against a kernel.org kernel as support for NFSEXP_NOACL hasn't been merged yet. But I suspect it will be if anyone bothers to pester me about it ..... So I am OK with this patch going in to nfs-utils, providing the man page make it clear that not all kernels support this functionality, and will quietly accept but ignore the flag. Anyone want to re-make the patch with a suitable change to the manpage? NeilBrown ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs