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Re: Why does acl_set_fd always try to set system.posix_acl_access ?


From: Andreas Grünbacher
Subject: Re: Why does acl_set_fd always try to set system.posix_acl_access ?
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:16:50 +0200

Am Di., 14. Apr. 2020 um 22:41 Uhr schrieb Gregg Leventhal
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> Sorry I misunderstood the purpose of the function I think.
>
> The problem I am seeing seems to be in cp: it tries to set an acl on dest 
> when it doesn’t exist on src.

Yes, that is necessary in case the target directory has a default ACL.
Have a look at the POSIX specification of cp and the acl(5) manual
pages for all the details. (The cp(1) manual page doesn't go deep
enough.)



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