Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-10 Thread Harti Brandt
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKHarti Brandt wrote: TK On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TK TK TKIn this case, I'm considering: TK TK * If the username exists, use that. TK TK * If the username does not exist and the UID is not already in TK TK use, issue a warning and

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-10 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 11:38:46AM +0100 I heard the voice of Harti Brandt, and lo! it spake thus: So if you restore a backup that is say, half a year old, you may well have files that belong to no known user, even if restoring to the same system. I suppose that mapping them to a well

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-09 Thread Harti Brandt
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKOn Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKJoerg Schilling's star archives ACLs as follows: TK TKuser::rwx,group::r--,group:mail:rw-:6,mask::rw-,other::r-- TK TKNote the group:mail:rw-:6 entry that contains a fourth TKfield with the uid/gid number. ... TK

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Feb 09), Harti Brandt said: On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKOn Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKJoerg Schilling's star archives ACLs as follows: TK TKuser::rwx,group::r--,group:mail:rw-:6,mask::rw-,other::r-- TK TKNote the group:mail:rw-:6 entry that

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-09 Thread Harti Brandt
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Dan Nelson wrote: DNIn the last episode (Feb 09), Harti Brandt said: DN On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: DN TKOn Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: DN TKJoerg Schilling's star archives ACLs as follows: DN TK DN

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-09 Thread Tim Kientzle
Harti Brandt wrote: On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKIn this case, I'm considering: TK * If the username exists, use that. TK * If the username does not exist and the UID is not already in TK use, issue a warning and use the UID. TK * If the username exists and the UID

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-08 Thread Harti Brandt
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: TKIn tinkering with libarchive's support for ACLs, TKI've run across a head-scratcher: TK TKJoerg Schilling's star archives ACLs as follows: TK TKuser::rwx,group::r--,group:mail:rw-:6,mask::rw-,other::r-- TK TKNote the group:mail:rw-:6 entry that contains a

Re: Odd ACL question

2004-02-08 Thread Tim Kientzle
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Tim Kientzle wrote: Joerg Schilling's star archives ACLs as follows: user::rwx,group::r--,group:mail:rw-:6,mask::rw-,other::r-- Note the group:mail:rw-:6 entry that contains a fourth field with the uid/gid number. ... Question: Is this a useful extension? Harti Brandt