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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:47:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject: Re: multi-user file permission problems
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:

> Brian Ford wrote:
> > Here is an example:
> >
> > ls -l /bin/make.exe
> > -rwx------+   1 ford     None       156160 May 11  2002 make.exe
> >
> > getfacl -a /bin/make.exe
> > # file: make.exe
> > # owner: ford
> > # group: None
> > user::rwx
> > group::---
> > group:SYSTEM:rwx
> > group:Administrators:rwx
> > group:Users:r-x
> > mask:rwx
> > other:---
> >
> > So, you can see that the unix permissions do not show read or execute
> > status for anyone but me.  However, the ACL's show Users do have these
> > permissions.
>
> Yep. It's impossible to fully represent an ACL in traditional Unix
> permissions.
>
That's fine.

> > Trying to execute make in bash via PATH for other users results in
> > make not found.  But, trying to execute /usr/bin/make works fine for
> > them.
> >
> > Can someone please help?  Thanks.
>
> Options:
> - Disable ntsec
> - chown/chmod everything
>
> Future versions of setup will set the group to either Administrators or
> Users, which should allow more of the ACL to show in the mode bits.
>
I strongly vote for Users.

Please yell loudly when this future version appears.

Why are shells and such confused by this, though?

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
Phone: 314-551-8460
Fax:   314-551-8444


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