<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" >[...] <font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" > that you would do this over NFSv4 or Samba.[...] </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" ><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >I know this statement and I've been told the same many times for my projects I did... </font></div>
<div dir="ltr" ><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >I can't promise anything , nor am I able to rate .. if it is worth or not.. </font></div>
<div dir="ltr" ><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >all I'm saying... I saw/see a need for setfacl directly on GPFS in multiple projects..</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" ><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >so if that items is interesting for many people.. why not give it a try in 2021 ... knowing, that really developing such a tool is a lot of discussion and in the end it will most likely become a better "compromise"... But maybe this "compromise" could then be the very best solution we'll ever get .. </font></div>
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<div>hey - at least the last 2 digit's of the year has turned around ;-) since you opened up this item</div>
<div><div>cheers</div>
<div>olaf</div>
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<blockquote data-history-content-modified="1" dir="ltr" style="border-left:solid #aaaaaa 2px; margin-left:5px; padding-left:5px; direction:ltr; margin-right:0px" >----- Original message -----<br>From: Jonathan Buzzard <jonathan.buzzard@strath.ac.uk><br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>To: gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org<br>Cc:<br>Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Using setfacl vs. mmputacl<br>Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2021 5:51 PM<br>
<div><font size="2" face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" >On 01/03/2021 15:18, Olaf Weiser wrote:<br>> CAUTION: This email originated outside the University. Check before<br>> clicking links or attachments.<br>> JAB,<br>> yes-this is in argument ;-) ... and personally I like the idea of having<br>> smth like setfacl also for GPFS .. for years...<br>> *but* it would not take away the generic challenge , what to do, if<br>> there are competing standards / definitions to meet<br>> at least that is most likely just one reason, why there's no tool yet<br>> there are several hits on RFE page for "ACL".. some of them could be<br>> also addressed with a (mm)setfacl tool<br>> but I was not able to find a request for a tool itself<br>> (I quickly searched public but not found it there, maybe there is<br>> already one in private...)<br>> So - dependent on how important this item for others is ... its time<br>> to fire an RFE ?!? ...<br><br>Well when I asked I was told by an IBM representative that it was by<br>design there was no proper way to set ACLs directly from Linux. The<br>expectation was that you would do this over NFSv4 or Samba.<br><br>So filing an RFE would be pointless under those conditions and I have<br>never bothered as a result. This was pre 2012 so IBM's outlook might<br>have changed in the meantime.<br><br><br>JAB.<br><br>--<br>Jonathan A. Buzzard Tel: +44141-5483420<br>HPC System Administrator, ARCHIE-WeSt.<br>University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow. G4 0NG<br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gpfsug.org_mailman_listinfo_gpfsug-2Ddiscuss&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=QInBVUG2345zpTXGAPvczeXAfnCgUNXuJEI_-wZlDDs&m=rIGzfsaZeHVJsB7f40z3Rq08gAVzunl8HAjTQUJeAsY&s=f-ToxCe0HJVrknlsf5YGm6ZZPFJn_W5Xp1emUpG2VJ0&e=" target="_blank" >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gpfsug.org_mailman_listinfo_gpfsug-2Ddiscuss&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=QInBVUG2345zpTXGAPvczeXAfnCgUNXuJEI_-wZlDDs&m=rIGzfsaZeHVJsB7f40z3Rq08gAVzunl8HAjTQUJeAsY&s=f-ToxCe0HJVrknlsf5YGm6ZZPFJn_W5Xp1emUpG2VJ0&e=</a> </font><br> </div></blockquote>
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