Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux
Aaron Denney (wnoise@ugcs.caltech.edu)
13 Sep 1998 01:12:10 GMT
On Sat, 12 Sep 1998 18:16:05 -0400, Feuer <feuer@his.com> wrote:
> Big problem here. Currently, permissions are stored in a file's directory,
> one set for each link. If an ACL is stored via inode, won't that break this?
> How about putting the ACLs in the directories?
No. Permissions are stored in the inode. To see an example:
touch foo
ln foo bar
chmod -r bar
ls -l foo
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Aaron Denney
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