On Sat Nov 1 08:25:30 EDT 2014, [email protected] wrote: > On 27 October 2014 19:10, erik quanstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > it's not complicated. permissions work like unix. > > > It's actually simpler but more powerful: groups are just users with members > instead of a distinct thing; membership of a group is checked > by the relevant file server and not the local kernel; group membership > depends on the user name at the file server, not a separate group ID or > list of current groups; and permission is allowed by the first of owner, > group and other in that order.
like being a lazy term of art meaning similar, but not the same as. :-) i was being lazy about explaining the fact that groups have been implemented as you mention is not essential. a file server can do this any way it pleases. the kernels are famous (or notorious) for not doing group permissions at all. - erik
