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Re: [PATCH] Ensure that the default ACL contains the standard entries
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:55:53 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ensure that the default ACL contains the standard entries
- References: <4D02A41C.8030406@t-online.de> <20101211204653.GA26611@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D07E02A.2020202@t-online.de> <20101215141149.GW10566@calimero.vinschen.de> <4D090D12.6020407@t-online.de> <20101216111024.GX10566@calimero.vinschen.de>
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Hi Christian,
On Dec 16 12:10, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Dec 15 19:46, Christian Franke wrote:
> > BTW: Are there any long term plans to actually implement the acl "mask" ?
> > Should be possible by mapping the "mask" restrictions to deny acl
> > entries for each named entry:
>
> There are no such plans, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't take patches
> which implement this. In fact I would be *very* happy to get patches
> which improve ACL handling, and I'm not finicky in terms of the type
> of enhancement. Various ideas come to mind:
>
> - Fix acl(2) by handling deny ACEs at all.
>
> - Implement the POSIX 1003.1e functions (maybe simply in terms of
> the existing Solaris API).
>
> - Add missing Solaris ACL functions (acl_get, facl_get, acl_set, facl_set,
> acl_fromtext, acl_totext, acl_free, acl_strip, acl_trivial).
>
> - Add Solaris NFSv4 ACLs, which, coincidentally, are almost equivalent
> to Windows ACLs. This would work nicely for NTFS ACLs, of course.
> See http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2252/acl-5?l=en&a=view
>
> - Last but not least: Actually handle "mask".
did you have any further look into any of these points?
Thanks,
Corinna
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