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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes


From: Tom Lord
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:42:23 -0800 (PST)

    > From: Colin Walters <address@hidden>

    >> and a flat-namespace of attributes.

    > At least on Linux now, the namespace is subdivided at the toplevel; it
    > is separated into "user", "system", and "security".  The difference
    > between "system" and "secure" is that the security namespace is only
    > used for LSM modules.

It's primarily "user" and secondarilly "security" (i thought they were
called "trusted") attributes that I object to.   "System" attributes
seem actually useful (ACLs being an example).

Within those three top-level divisions are flat namespaces.   That's
what I was referring to.


-t





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