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 <
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> 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?
> >
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