[TriLUG] ACLs on journaled filesystems

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Lee wrote:

> Does anyone have personal experience using ACLs on a journaled fs?
> I generally use ReiserFS, but after doing a make menuconfig I see that 
> ACLs aren't available in 2.6.3 on ReiserFS (without patching at 
> least). Though reading the 2.6.7 changelog shows they have been added, 
> I'm wondering if it may be time to investigate one of the other 
> offerings.
> The fs will see mainly small files (the vast majority are < 1 Mb) so I 
> wasn't really considering XFS. JFS has gotten my interest for some 
> reason though...
> Any input?
> -Lee

I'd really love to hear about this too.  I don't have any experience 
with it yet, but I'm almost to the point where I'm going to make some 
time and get some.  :)

Aaron J.