Re: [OpenAFS] Ideas for finer grain set acl controls

2009-10-31 Thread Sergio Gelato
* Jeffrey Altman [2009-10-30 13:20:12 -0400]: To address the use case properly there needs to be the ability to apply additional sets of ACLs controlled entirely by the administrator. Positive ACLs that give privileges that cannot be restricted and negative ACLs that restrict privileges that

Re: [OpenAFS] Ideas for finer grain set acl controls

2009-10-31 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Sergio Gelato wrote: * Jeffrey Altman [2009-10-30 13:20:12 -0400]: To address the use case properly there needs to be the ability to apply additional sets of ACLs controlled entirely by the administrator. Positive ACLs that give privileges that cannot be restricted and negative ACLs that

[OpenAFS] Ideas for finer grain set acl controls

2009-10-30 Thread Michael Meffie
Hello, Andrew, Tom, and I would like to discuss and solicit feedback on some ideas we have been considering to strengthen OpenAFS access controls, especially for sites which provide AFS service over the public internet. Background -- Currently sites may give users administrative

Re: [OpenAFS] Ideas for finer grain set acl controls

2009-10-30 Thread Jim Rowan
On Oct 30, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Michael Meffie wrote: Hello, Andrew, Tom, and I would like to discuss and solicit feedback on some ideas we have been considering to strengthen OpenAFS access controls, especially for sites which provide AFS service over the public internet. I like the

Re: [OpenAFS] Ideas for finer grain set acl controls

2009-10-30 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Michael: Thank you for this proposal. I think you have misnamed it. What you are proposing is not finer grained ACLs but ACL change control policies. The problem as Jim Rowan pointed out is that the ability to change the modify the ACL is not the point of control. What is desired is the