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Re: Tried Retrospect with Tiger yet?



On 4/29/05, Ed Pastore <email@hidden> wrote:
> > It's simple, Retrospect's pre-Tiger products do not support ACLs.
> > Tiger uses ACLs. If they don't handle them, when you restore your
> > files they won't have their ACLs so it will be "broken."
> 
> I guess my understanding of ACLs is far from clear. I thought they were
> primarily a server function (yet again showing my reliance on marketing
> rhetoric... ACLs only appeared on the server promo pages). If ACLs are a
> part of Tiger client, shouldn't the Ownership & Permissions part of Get Info
> look different? It seems completely unchanged...

ACL's are not enabled by default on client. To enable, type: sudo
fsaclctl -p / -e
Also see 'man acl'. 

I'm not sure yet if this would change how a Get Info window looks or
not but would allow you to use chmod to modify the ACL's (see 'man
chmod').
-- 
Patrick Gallagher
A+, Network+, ACTC, ACSA
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