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Re: setfacl fails to replace ACLs when given a pathname starting with a drive letter


Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> writes:

> Yes, this is on purpose.  Use of a drive letter says that you DON'T want
> POSIX path processing, therefore, you are also giving up ACL processing.
> Moral of the story - don't expect drive letters to do what you want.
> Use POSIX paths.

Thanks, Eric.  I just wanted to be sure this wasn't a bug.
--
Fran



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