Mail Archives: opendos/1997/04/24/07:31:02
Once upon a time (on 24 Apr 97 at 13:25) Lorier said:
> >I've been toying with attributed file system ideas for a few years now.
> >Combining a general attribute system with file system monitors (triggered
> >and monitored events) you could do some fairly interesting things. I'd be
> >willing to discuss ideas with you.
>
> Hmm, we almost need a
> "operating-system-general-discussion-and-theory-that-doesnt-really-amount-to
> -terribly-much-but-has-some-really-fascinating-ideas" mailing list :)
>
> Post your ideas, they sound fascinating. apparently the Vax have some
> scheme where you can place "alarms" on certain files for when they are
> accessed. (for example the shadow password file... someone reads it who
> isn't in the "your allowed" catagory mails root, and runs shutdown -h now"
> :)
Also a quota feature would be nice - not based on UID/GID but rather on
file's associated attributes. A great thing for "flexible" swapfiles,
database "trashcans" etc.
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