I made the mistake of assuming (yes, yes, I'm well aware of the old adage) that dump(8) and restore(8) are compatible with POSIX.1e ACLs. I found during some testing that my assumption was either incorrect or I have not figured out how use dump/restore to properly play with ACLs.
I've searched around the Interweb as well as the usual local sources (and read the man pages (dump(8), restore(8), acl(3), etc...) along with /usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/README.acls) for an answer to creating backups and restoring UFS2 file systems with POSIX.1e ACLs enabled. I did not gain any insight from the local documentation and my Internet searches have produced conflicting results.
In this ONLamp article (http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/4053), the author states that "FreeBSD's dump has been modified to understand UFS2 (including ACLs)." My experience has been to the contrary.
I've also found newsgroup/mailing list articles stating that dump(8) does not yet understand ACLs and to use the archivers/star port. I don't have a problem installing a port to facilitate my backups (ACLs show up in snapshots, so I should be able to get a consistent backup), however I would obviously prefer to use dump(8)/restore(8), if I have the option.
I'm running a relatively recently -STABLE (5.4-STABLE #0: Tue May 17 18:09:01 CDT 2005).
I have been passing the following flags to dump(8)/restore(8) for testing:
dump -0a -f <filename> < mount point | device name >
restore -rf <filename>
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks, -Ash _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
