On 8/15/05, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:30:32 -0700, Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > It seems to me that getting in the Kernel is the most important > > thing. Then getting it compatible with existing standards. Then you > > build up the user based (addicts) and then you add the innovative > > stuff. Otherwise people are going to use Ext3 because it has ACLs and > > Reiser4 doesn't. That's where I'm at. If it doesn't do ACLs it doesn't > > work. I need acls. > > AFAIK, ACLs are separate from xattr. It's just that Ext3 uses xattr to > store their ACLs. So it should be possible to implement ACLs (following > the same standards) via sys_reiser4.
It is. That's what reiser4 is doing. It's just that older xattr tools don't know how to access the new ACLs access system, (a.k.a. access ACLs *NOT* via xattrs) and it's not written yet. > Perhaps someone more knowledgeable > can confirm (or deny). -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable.
