linux-kernel - Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:20:17 -0400
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Marc Perkel <mperkel@...oo.com>
Cc:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	Michael Tharp <gxti@...tiallystapled.com>,
	alan <alan@...eserver.org>,
	LKML Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:09:31AM -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
> Yep - way outside the box - and thus the title of the
> thread.
> 
> The idea is that people have permissions - not files.
> By people I mean users, groups, managers, applications
> etc. One might even specify that there are no
> permission restrictions at all. Part of the process
> would be that the kernel load what code it will use
> for the permission system. It might even be a little
> perl script you write.
> 
> 
> Also - you aren't even giving permission to access
> files. It's permission to access name patterns. One
> could apply REGEX masks to names to determine
> permissions. So if you have permission to the name you
> have permission to the file.

So if I have permission to access /foo/*x but no permission to access
/foo/*y, do I have permission to rename /foo/123x to /foo/123y and if I
do so, do I loose access to my file?  Can I move it back?

> Hard links would be multiple names pointing to the
> same file. Simlinks would be name aliases.

I think I prefer to keep my files inside the box.  That way I won't need
to get a bucket. :)

--
Len Sorensen
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