Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux

Feuer (feuer@his.com)
Sat, 12 Sep 1998 22:59:00 -0400

I'm sorry.  You're right.  It's been a little while since I read Stevens.  Checking
back I see that the file mode is indeed stored in the inode.  I think I somehow got
the wrong thing into my mind a while back and it didn't get corrected.  So put the
ACLs in the inode-linked metadata (or the ext2 ACLs, for old fogeys still using
ext2 ;-) ).

David Schleef wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 12, 1998 at 06:16:05PM -0400, Feuer 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?
> >
> >
>
> Permissions are stored in the inode.  Go read some code and/or an
> operating system design book.  Disinformation makes you sound dumb.
> You probably aren't dumb, so don't write things that encourage us
> to think you are.
>
> dave...

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