* Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> [020814 21:13]:
> On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 23:34, Brian Pawlowski wrote:
> > But ACL support over the wire is an argument for V4 - and fine grained
> > authorization coupled to strong authentication makes for a flexible
> > security package.
>
> ACL works in NFSv2 and nicely in NFSv3 - again the problems Linux has
> are the client failing to respect basic NFS rules of operation.
there is no over-the-wire specification for sending or receving ACLs
on NFSv{2,3} - hence the server may choose to obey them, but an
arbitrary client cannot set them, or view them.
marius.
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