>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Gregory> On 18 Mar 2000, Brian May wrote: >> I have heard (3rd hand) that ACL (access control lists) are >> directly supported by EXT2 (although user programs are still in >> development). Gregory> Hmm. The latest version of EXT3 I've seen (at Gregory> ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/fs/jfs/) doesn't Gregory> have any ACL support, and mainly handles filesystem Gregory> journaling. Now, journaling a filesystem is wonderful Gregory> from a reliability standpoint. ACL's, however, are Gregory> waiting for a future release, when EXT3 probably will Gregory> deviate enough from EXT2 that they become incompatible. Somebody told me ACLs were already in EXT2, just not supported by user tools yet... (I didn't try to verify this though). -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>