Re: Other tidbits

I am just curious about the ACLs and EAs as 2.5 now has them and I
believe the API is getting pretty stable.  An additional question is why
rely on http servers instead of making a more stream lined protocol?

Trever Adams

On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 18:36, Shirish H. Phatak wrote:
> > > * NTFS or POSIX style ACLs
> > > 
> > > 	I know, Linux doesn't yet have these integrated into the main kernel.
> > > However, I believe it will be in 2.5.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > And InterMezzo already replicates POSIX ACL's. Shirish is the expert here.
> > 
> > Thanks for your interest.
> > 
>  For some reason large chunks of the extended attribute replication
> code (which also includes POSIX acls) have been commented out, so I
> will have to go in once more and see whats going on. I have had ACL
> replication working for quite some time at Tacit. Once the 2.5 api
> stabilizes, a forward port will be very easy, this code is largely
> independant from the rest of the intermezzo kernel code.
> 
> -Shirish
> 
> > - Peter -




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