Monday, July 6, 2015

Entering into the fun of ACLs in Linux. I might start saying "Aye See Elles" because "Ackles" is such...

Entering into the fun of ACLs in Linux. I might start saying "Aye See Elles" because "Ackles" is such an ugly word.

It's my understanding that Windows ACLs are very fine-grained, with things like "view a directory" and such opened out. With Linux, it's read-write-execute again but with finer grain. You can allow group X to access a directory, but you can disallow people who are also in group Y, or use Z who would otherwise have access. 

15 years or so after I first started hearing about them, I finally have a practical reason to play with them.

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