Re: "Small" Bug - silly question again

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Ade <gkade@bigbrother.net> writes:

    Gregory> On 18 Mar 2000, Brian May wrote:
    >> I have heard (3rd hand) that ACL (access control lists) are
    >> directly supported by EXT2 (although user programs are still in
    >> development).

    Gregory> Hmm.  The latest version of EXT3 I've seen (at
    Gregory> ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/fs/jfs/) doesn't
    Gregory> have any ACL support, and mainly handles filesystem
    Gregory> journaling.  Now, journaling a filesystem is wonderful
    Gregory> from a reliability standpoint.  ACL's, however, are
    Gregory> waiting for a future release, when EXT3 probably will
    Gregory> deviate enough from EXT2 that they become incompatible.

Somebody told me ACLs were already in EXT2, just not supported by user
tools yet...

(I didn't try to verify this though).
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>