Re: Are ACLs flawed?

Le 3 mars 2012 à 16:35, Ashley Aitken a écrit :

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> Hi All,
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> I'm trying to make a dynamic folder hierarchy to share via WebDAV.  I believe directories and files must be readable/writeable by _www to be accessible by WebDAV.
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> I was hoping if I set the ACL for the root folder with directory and file inherit everything would be ok but it seems not.  ACLs seem to be problematic because:
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> 1. inheritance does not apply to files and directories that already exist in the hierarchy 
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> I guess I could apply the acl recursively to all files and folders currently in the hierarchy, but that wouldn't get around the problem that,
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> 2. folders and files *moved* into the hierarchy do not inherit the ACLs
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> Are ACLs flawed or I am missing something?

Hello Ashley,

Let's say they work as intended. ;-)
ACLs are applied on files/folders at creation time of such items.
Moving an existing item is not creating that item.


> I guess its perhaps a security consideration - just by moving a file into a folder with inherit permissions it shouldn't inherit those, but that's what I want.

Perhaps could you copy the file into its new location and delete the original?

Axel