[gpfsug-discuss] Using setfacl vs. mmputacl

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 01/03/2021 12:45, Olaf Weiser wrote:
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> Hallo Stephen,
> behavior ... or better to say ... predicted behavior for chmod and ACLs 
> .. is not an easy thing or only  , if  you stay in either POSIX world or 
> NFSv4 world
> to be POSIX compliant, a chmod overwrites ACLs

One might argue that the general rubbishness of the mmputacl cammand, 
and if a mmsetfacl command (or similar) existed it would negate messing 
with Linux utilities to change ACL's on GPFS file systems

Only been bringing it up for over a decade now ;-)

JAB.

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