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acl: request for testing


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: acl: request for testing
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:52:06 +0200
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Hi all,

So far, I'm done with the 'acl' module changes. Jim, for coreutils an
appropriate NEWS entry is:

  Improved support for access control lists (ACLs): On MacOS X, Solaris 7..10,
  HP-UX 11, Tru64, AIX, IRIX 6.5, and Cygwin, "ls -l" now displays the presence
  of an ACL on a file through a '+' sign after the mode, and "cp -p" copies
  ACLs.

But more testing is welcome, at least on the following platforms:

  * MacOS X 10.4. I tested only on MacOS X 10.5.

  * FreeBSD. I did not have access to a system with a mounted partition that
    does support ACLs.

  * Solaris 11. I tested only up to Solaris 10. Especially, try UFS, ZFS, and
    NFSv4 mounts. Also, please try copying files from UFS partitions to ZFS /
    NFSv4 or vice versa.

  * IRIX 6.5. I did not have access to a system with a mounted partition that
    does support ACLs.

  * Cygwin. I tested only on a two-year old Cygwin.

Testing can mean one of two things:

  1) Create a test directory:
       ./gnulib-tool --create-testdir --with-tests --dir=/tmp/testdir acl
     and build it on the target system:
       ./configure
       make
       make check

     For checks with a particular mounted partition, do
       TMPDIR=/some/writeable/dir/on/that/partition make check

  2) Build a coreutils snapshot that includes today's gnulib, and use the
     programs "ls", "cp", "mv" on a regular basis.

If you want to know about the tools available to set ACLs on files, look

   on               for

   Linux, FreeBSD   setfacl
   MacOS X          chmod
   Solaris          setfacl, chmod
   HP-UX            setacl, chmod, chacl
   AIX              aclput, acledit
   Tru64            setacl
   IRIX             chacl

Bruno





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