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Doesn't go far enough for file servers

Doesn't go far enough for file servers

Posted Jun 4, 2012 18:42 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Doesn't go far enough for file servers by nix
Parent article: User and group mount options for ext filesystems

Why? Moving a file simply changes its ACLs. No need to track them for the whole lifetime of the file.


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Doesn't go far enough for file servers

Posted Jun 6, 2012 17:33 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

As was pointed out a few posts up, moving a file does *not* change its ACLs unless you do the move *from the GUI*. A command-line move leaves the ACLs unchanged, and does not respect inherited ACLs (i.e. inherited ACLs are not really part of the permission system but are a hack implemented at the GUI level). Thus the problems I mentioned.

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