Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:21:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [NFS] Re: Will NFSv4 be accepted? |
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On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Brian Pawlowski wrote:
> > RPCSEC_GSS is not an argument for NFSv4... > > yes. > > But ACL support over the wire is an argument for V4 - and fine grained > authorization coupled to strong authentication makes for a flexible > security package.
Not really. With the quality of existing userland (Linux, Solaris, *BSD, NT, etc.) _anything_ more complex than "I'm the only one who can create or remove objects here" is a big, gaping hole. Which makes any theoretical benefits (if any) of ACL-based schemes moot. Same (to slightly less extent) applies to regular files.
In other words, if you need something more complex than usual - you are screwed on the userland side, regardless of the kernel behaviour.
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