> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>
> > - "Linux only provides access controls for files and directories"
> > They never heard of ACLs apparently. Hasn't been true for ages.
>
> Hmm. I follow Linux development fairly closely, and was unaware that ACLs
> were supported in production kernels. More details perhaps?
>
I have been aware that ACLs and capability bits are available in the 2.2.x
tree, but there is _no_ documentation on any of those new features,
although I do seem to recall a mention of it in the wonderful world of
linux 2.2....
Anyone care to point a few lost souls to some docs / tools to use ACLs and
capability bits?
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