On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > the only workaround I've had the pleasure of doing, there is a linux acl > project: Couldn't agree more. ACL's are a very good idea which is very poorly implemented: - they are not standard across various Unixes (AFAIK) - even for Linux only: the most widely used distros do not have it by default, you have to go the extra mile (which potentially may complicate the problem, see below)
> http://acl.bestbits.at/ There is another one at http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/virtualfs/ which have some very nice features like transparent removable media access for Xterms. However with virtualfs here one drawback: it requires a patch for the C lib. By itself this is no problem and those are provided. However if a security patch is required in a hurry then you are left in the cold. > But it's the kind of thing IMHO that should be in the kernel of > linux and in all os's. Again full agreement here. Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
