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This is possibly the dumbest question I have asked ever, but how do you set ACLs on files within a ZFS filesystem? Trying to use setfacl(1) diverts me to the acl(5) manpage; well, I know that I need to use NFSv4 style ACLs, but where is the utility to do so? This is on Solaris 10 Update 2. Thanks, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don''t understand it at all.

...logindevperm(3) normally manages the audio device permissions and we only want the "gdm" user to have access on-the-fly when the GDM GUI is started. However, I notice that when using ZFS on Indiana the above commands fail with the following error: File system doesn''t support aclent_t style ACL''s. See acl(5) for more information on ACL styles support by Solaris. What is the appropriate command to use with ZFS? If different commands are needed based on the file system type, then how can GDM determine which command to use. Or is there a better way for GDM to ensure...

ZFS introduces a new and incompatible ACL interface into Solaris and this seems to be not yet fully completed in addition to the fact that is causes a lot of problems for software that needs to be compatible with Solaris-2.5 like star. Proof for incompatibility: create a file on UFS and set an ACL for this file. Use Sun tar cpf out file to archive this file. Unpack this archive file on ZFS