Re: Mapping Between NFSv4 and Posix Draft ACLs (I-D submitted)

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From: marius aamodt eriksen (marius@umich.edu)
Date: 09/17/02-03:53:42 PM Z 

Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:53:42 -0400
From: marius aamodt eriksen <marius@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Mapping Between NFSv4 and Posix Draft ACLs  (I-D submitted)
Message-ID: <20020917205342.GA385@umich.edu>

* Andreas Gruenbacher <ag@bestbits.at> [020917 16:28]:

> the description of the POSIX ACL access algorithm doesn't mention the
> ACL_GROUP_OBJ entry. That's probably because I had a messed up description
> of the algorithm on the acl(5) man page. I'm sure you will promptly
> correct that.

yes, i meant to include it (as i had notified you), but simply forgot
it.

> Also you are saying that POSIX ACLs are s proper subset of NFSv4 ACLs in
> (4.). That's not true; permissions are cumulative under Windows but not
> under POSIX. (A counter example is easy to construct.)

following the methods of my proposed algorithm, cumulative
vs. non-cumulative is emulated.

> In the second to last paragraph of (4.) you describe how the ACL_MASK
> entry can be mapped. I don't understand what you are saying there.

let me read it again, and see if i can clarify.

marius.

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