--- Kyle Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 15, 2007, at 14:05:23, Marc Perkel wrote: > > In this new system setfacl, chmod, chown, and > chgrp all go away > > except inside of an emulation layer. File and > directories no longer > > have permissions. People have permission to naming > patterns. So if > > you put a file into a tree or move a tree then > those who have > > permissions to the tree have access to the files. > > > > It eliminates the step of having to apply > permission after moving > > files into a tree. You don't have to change file > permissions > > because files no longer have permissions. > > And I'm trying to tell you that unless you have some > magic new > algorithm that turns NP-complete problems into > O(log(N)) problems, > your idea won't work. You can't just say "I just do > one little thing > (mv) and the entire rest of the computer > automagically changes to > match", because that would imply a single unscalable > global kernel > lock. "Pattern"-matching is either NP-complete or > high-polynomial- > order, depending on how its implemented, and if you > want to do a > recursive-chmod during a directory move then you're > going to have > race-conditions out the ass. If you have code or > solid math to back > up your postings then please do so, but otherwise > you're just wasting > time and bandwidth. > >
Kyle - you are still missing the point. chmod goes away. File permissions goes away. Directories as you know them goes away. Marc Perkel Junk Email Filter dot com http://www.junkemailfilter.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
