[Acl-Devel] NFS ACL support...

[Dominik Kubla]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 10:08:14AM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> 
> Note that NFSv2 can't support ACLs at all, as clients make access control
> decisions based on the file mode permission bits. NFSv3 works because it
> uses an RPC to check whether access is granted.
> 

Please look at Sun's nfs_acl.x:

	...
	/*
	 * This the definition for the GETACL procedure which applies to
	 * NFS Version 2.
	 */ 
	...
	/*
	 * This is the definition for the SETACL procedure which applies
	 * NFS Version 2.
	 */
	...

Sun definitely does ACL over NFSv2, also the docs state that the ACL layer
is "bypassed" (whatever that means) if a client does not request the
extension.

Yours,
  Dominik Kubla
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