Is there anyway to support NFTS security on linux. it might mean compiling a new file system into the kernal? I don't know. Is there a how to that anyone can point me to. Sorry for the basic question, Michael
> Is there anyway to support NFTS security on linux. it might mean > compiling a new file system into the kernal? I don't know. Is there a > how to that anyone can point me to.The bad news is that, no, there is no way to give the fine-grained control that NTFS has to most _stock_ 2.4.x kernels. The good news is that you can compile in the ACLs (Access Control Lists) with the 2.4 kernel and some patches, or you can wait six months until the major distributions have started shipping the 2.6 kernel, which supports ACLs out of the gate. [Note: that estimate presumes that 2.6.0 is released in the relatively near future -- my current guess is 11/21, but that's just me.] For a info on ACLs and the like, check out stuff over at http://acl.bestbits.at/ or http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ . -Ken P.S. There are also some articles here and there about ACL support, though I'm not sure which ones are on-line; you might check over at linuxjournal.com and linuxmagazine.com to see what's available.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Lists [mailto:lists@uc9.net]> Is there anyway to support NFTS security on linux. it might mean > compiling a new file system into the kernal? I don't know. > Is there a > how to that anyone can point me to.It depends on what you mean by 'NTFS security'. You can get ACLs (Access Control Lists) by patching your kernel and recompiling Samba. I use this on ext2fs and it works well. This will let you maintain lists of user and group permissions like you can on NTFS, but it will not get you the NT-specific permissions such as Take Ownership -- just read/write permissions. If you're in an NT domain you may also want to look into using winbind. Winbind and ACLs, together, give you a pretty good approximation of an NT domain member file server. You can find more information on Linux ACLs here: http://acl.bestbits.at/