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Re: multi-user file permission problems
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Brian Ford" <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:25:47 -0000
- Subject: Re: multi-user file permission problems
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302111814440.21272-100000@eos>
Brian Ford wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>> Brian Ford wrote:
>>> Why are shells and such confused by this, though?
>>
>> Well, that scan PATH, looking for executables.... and if file they
>> see isn't executable, they ignore it.
>>
> Isn't that a bug if they don't use the ACL's for OS's that have 'em?
Lack-of-feature is perhaps a better way to put it.
And in the shells, not in Cygwin, in any case.
ACLs aren't exactly common, or particularly standardized. I believe Cygwin
tries to emulate Solaris. On Linux, ACLs require a non-standard kernel
patch.
Therefore, unrealistic to expect much support for ACLs outside specific
ACL-handling tools.
Max.
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