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SubjectRE: [RFC v3 20/45] richacl: Automatic Inheritance
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Grünbacher [mailto:andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 2:06 PM
> To: Frank Filz
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> nfs@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [RFC v3 20/45] richacl: Automatic Inheritance
>
> 2015-05-13 22:38 GMT+02:00 Frank Filz <ffilzlnx@mindspring.com>:
> > So inheritance will happen, but there is also a mode set as part of
> > the create that I assume is effectively handled the same as a subsequent
> chmod() on the file?
>
> The effect is similar to a subsequent chmod except that the effective
> permissions may be fewer then the create mode:
>
> * In the traditional POSIX case, the effective permissions are
> (create_mode & ~umask).
>
> * With POSIX ACLs and Richacls, if there are inheritable permissions,
> the effective permissions are the intersection of the create mode and
> the maximum permissions the inherited acl grants. So if the inherited
> acl grants at most rwxr-x---, with a create mode of rw-rw-rw, the
> effective permissions end up being rw-r-----.
>
> > Any chance we could add a system call to do a open/create and pass an
> > ACL (and heck, if we go there, why not a system call that allows
> > creating with mtime, atime, owner, etc. also...).
>
> Send patches, but expect them to get killed :)
>
> > Is there a mode that we could pass that would cause the least amount
> > of damage to the inherited ACL?
>
> Yes, 0777. But the RICHACL_PROTECTED flag will still be set, and that is the
> problem in this case.

I'm not clear what the RICHACL_PROTECTED flag actually does. It looks like it's only tested in chmod, and then only if the mode matches the mask (at least if I'm understanding the code right).

Frank



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