which Linux?

[Bob Sneidar]

OS X is all UNIX now, so that was included in the statement. I suppose I overstated the case. Yes it's only a problem with files coming from somewhere else, but that is what I frequently deal with as an IT administrator. Most people will not see the issue. 

Still, I think Apple should have adopted implicit Inheritance ACL's a long time ago. As is, they use Explicit Inheritance, and have only in the last couple of years adopted ACL's on client file systems. 

Bob


On Jul 3, 2012, at 10:00 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Bob Sneidar wrote:
>> 
>> And can I say, after over 20 years of IT experience that
>> the unix/linux file permissions are as inane a thing as
>> I think I have ever seen?
> 
> OS X permissions are identical.
> 
>> 
>> Really? They want end users to have to edit the permissions
>> for all the files they create?? In a TERMINAL??? Really?????
> 
> Not all files, just those that come from elsewhere sometimes. If you build a Mac OS X standalone on Windows, it comes over to the Mac without the executable bit set too. You can use terminal to set it.
> 
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