Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:53:10 -0500 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | Re: linux capabilities and ACLs |
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According to Rik van Riel: > On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Tim Smith wrote: > > ... the TOPS-10 behaviour of only checking the access file on > > accesses that would otherwise fail ... > > This _is_ a problem. I can imagine the situation where you want a > file to be world-readable EXCEPT for that one special network user > (say, nobody).
That's hardly good practice. IMO, 99.44% of the time, it's better to specify who to _include_ rather than who to _exclude_, if only because new accounts get created all the time.
"You didn't exclude 'guest'?!" "When I created the file, there was no 'guest'!!"
'Nuff said. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com> "When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."
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