** Description changed: - First: this is NOT a duplicate of Bug #67175, because it affects the - NEXT long term supported ubuntu. And it affects both the NFS and the - CIFS(samba) network file system support of the ubuntu kernel. + First: in my opinion this is NOT a duplicate of Bug #67175, because it + affects the NEXT long term supported ubuntu. And it affects both the NFS + and the CIFS(samba) network file system support of the ubuntu kernel. It + is both, a bug for the actual gutsy and a wishlist/bug for hardy (8.04 + LTS). I also asked for an answer here at lauchpad with Question #18907 (see links below [1]). Please refer this question for additional information. There are several similar post out there addressing the problem (see links below). I am not a kernel developer but I cannot understand where the problem is if major distributions (redhat/suse) seem to support nfs/cifs with acl out of the box - for about 2 years now (2005), right when ACL support came for SMB (see [4] page 133). Because I consider this as a BUG concerning the ubuntu linux kernel flavour, and cannot find any comment/roadmap from the official side (canonical). I even don't see any effort being made on giving a solution to both client and server's side. With 8.04 LTS in mind it there should be made a clear statement conccerning NFS/CIFS and ACL's, so customers could decide - and ubuntu - would like to address customers wished, do the ;) + would like to address customers wished, do the ;) One should not be + forced to recompile the kernel and loose support. [4] Gives a very excellent and detailed view of the actual state in NFS/CIFS linux development. Sincerely yours Axel Links: >> [1] Question #18907 (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18907) [2] Ubuntu Forum - NFS problem (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=339867&highlight=nfs%20acl#0.3290169355124337) [3] Ubuntu forum - NFS server not presenting ACLs (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=428512&highlight=nfs%20acl#0.64162506203136) >> [4] PDF: Proceedings of the Linux Symposium 6-2007 - A New Network File System is Born: Comparison of SMB2, CIFS, and NFS (https://ols2006.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/french-Reprint.pdf) [5] PDF: Novell 5/2005 - Linux, Samba and ACLs: past, present, and future (http://www.sambaxp.org/uploads/media/05-Andreas-Gruenbacher_-_Linux_Samba_and_ACLs.pdf) [6] PDF: NAS Conference 2005 - NFSv4 Co-existence with CIFS in a Multi-protocol Environment (http://nasconf.com/pres05/hayden.pdf)
** Description changed: First: in my opinion this is NOT a duplicate of Bug #67175, because it affects the NEXT long term supported ubuntu. And it affects both the NFS and the CIFS(samba) network file system support of the ubuntu kernel. It is both, a bug for the actual gutsy and a wishlist/bug for hardy (8.04 LTS). I also asked for an answer here at lauchpad with Question #18907 (see links below [1]). Please refer this question for additional information. There are several similar post out there addressing the problem (see links below). I am not a kernel developer but I cannot understand where the problem is if major distributions (redhat/suse) seem to support nfs/cifs with acl out of the box - for about 2 years now (2005), right when ACL support came for SMB (see [4] page 133). Because I consider this as a BUG concerning the ubuntu linux kernel flavour, and cannot find any comment/roadmap from the official side (canonical). I even don't see any effort being made on giving a solution to both client and server's side. - With 8.04 LTS in mind it there should be made a clear statement - conccerning NFS/CIFS and ACL's, so customers could decide - and ubuntu - would like to address customers wished, do the ;) One should not be - forced to recompile the kernel and loose support. + With 8.04 LTS in mind there should be a clear statement concerning + NFS/CIFS + ACL support in the kernel, so customers could decide - and + ubuntu would like to address customers wished, do the ;) One should not + be forced to recompile the kernel and loose support. [4] Gives a very excellent and detailed view of the actual state in NFS/CIFS linux development. Sincerely yours Axel Links: >> [1] Question #18907 (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/18907) [2] Ubuntu Forum - NFS problem (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=339867&highlight=nfs%20acl#0.3290169355124337) [3] Ubuntu forum - NFS server not presenting ACLs (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=428512&highlight=nfs%20acl#0.64162506203136) >> [4] PDF: Proceedings of the Linux Symposium 6-2007 - A New Network File System is Born: Comparison of SMB2, CIFS, and NFS (https://ols2006.108.redhat.com/2007/Reprints/french-Reprint.pdf) [5] PDF: Novell 5/2005 - Linux, Samba and ACLs: past, present, and future (http://www.sambaxp.org/uploads/media/05-Andreas-Gruenbacher_-_Linux_Samba_and_ACLs.pdf) [6] PDF: NAS Conference 2005 - NFSv4 Co-existence with CIFS in a Multi-protocol Environment (http://nasconf.com/pres05/hayden.pdf) -- Kernel ACL support for NFS/CIFS in 8.04? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
