Subject: Re: multi-user file permission problems
From: "Max Bowsher" <[email-masked]>
To: "Brian Ford" <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:25:47 -0000

Brian Ford wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>> Brian Ford wrote:
>>> Why are shells and such confused by this, though?
>>
>> Well, that scan PATH, looking for executables.... and if file they
>> see isn't executable, they ignore it.
>>
> Isn't that a bug if they don't use the ACL's for OS's that have 'em?

Lack-of-feature is perhaps a better way to put it.
And in the shells, not in Cygwin, in any case.

ACLs aren't exactly common, or particularly standardized. I believe Cygwin
tries to emulate Solaris. On Linux, ACLs require a non-standard kernel
patch.

Therefore, unrealistic to expect much support for ACLs outside specific
ACL-handling tools.

Max.

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