Re: [ACL-Devel] Proposed ACL system calls

1999-12-21 Thread Raymond S Brand
Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: Raymond S Brand wrote: Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: The design I propose here turned out to be flexible, and easy to use and implement. The ACL manipulation system calls are not very performance critical. The system calls are designed to support various

Re: [ACL-Devel] Proposed ACL system calls

1999-12-21 Thread Raymond S Brand
Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: Raymond S Brand wrote: Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: [Btw, I have named the system calls kacl() and kfacl() just so that the names don't clash too easily with variable names and the Solaris system calls acl() and facl().] Why worry about the Linux

Re: Proposed ACL system calls

1999-12-20 Thread Andreas Gruenbacher
Matthias Riese wrote: Andreas Gruenbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I want to propose two access control list system calls for inclusion into the standard kernel. Looks good. [...] My hope is to close the gap between these implementations. [...] My hope too. I could easily use

Proposed ACL system calls

1999-12-19 Thread Andreas Gruenbacher
Dear all, I want to propose two access control list system calls for inclusion into the standard kernel. This proposal includes the specification for the generic system calls, and for Posix-style ACLs as the first implemented ACL system. I will call the ACL system (Posix ACLs vs. Netware, AFS,