Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what you mean by "if you need them they are the only way" can you elaborate?
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Hroðgard Skjöldung < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I have used them several times in different environments. If you need > them, they are the only way... > > Caveat: I suggest anyone using them should be very familiar with > managing complex groups, the use of permissions, sticky bits etc. --One > painful example I heard of recently was a site containing thousands of ACLs > on files that were already covered by the enclosing directory. The number > of ACLs & inodes will be the only real limit to look at.. > > ie: if you have permissions granted by a directly, the files inside only > need to have world access ( for w r or x what ever you need ) this can > save lots of over head > > > Nota bene, compatibility with other ACL is a bit of a pain, if you are > sharing with windows you may look at CIFS instead. NFS was a pain, but I > think those bugs are mostly fixed now. > > > Gluck! > Hro > > > > On 2011-11-29, at 8:02 PM, Patricia Campbell wrote: > > > Does anyone out there use them ? Or have you heard of anyone using > them, or where they are useful? > > > > -- > > ___..___........__.......__ > > ...|....|__/....|...|......|...|__| > > ...|....|.....\...|...|__..|...|....| > > > > "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas K Gandhi > > _______________________________________________ > > mlug mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- ___..___........__.......__ ...|....|__/....|...|......|...|__| ...|....|.....\...|...|__..|...|....| "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas K Gandhi
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