> > > The use of a config file to determine permissions/ownership is not
> > > foreign to the kernel or filesystems.
> > Name one use of configuration files for local permissions/ownership on
> > Unix/Linux.
> /etc/passwd, /etc/group
Those describe users and groups, not permissions per se.
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