From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 23:30:31 -0500
From: G. David Butler gdb@dbSystems.com
Subject: [9fans] group organization
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From: schwartz+9fans@finch.cse.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
>"G. David Butler" <gdb@dbSystems.com> writes:
>| Unless you have a large user population with multiple domains of
>| administration
>
>Welcome to *.edu.

Amen!

>| the group concept is simpler and sufficient.
>
>It's simpler to code, but not simpler to use.
[snip]
>Worse, if you really use that scheme, you can end up with an
>unsightly number of such groups.

True, that is why I said it is just a "macro".

>|I would like to see an efficient ACL implementation to consider.
Let me say that another way.  I have done many *major* changes to
the system without sacrificing the API.  I have proposed a few that
change that and much more.  I too like ACL's, but I don't have the
time to design it into the system.  (it is not critical to my
intended use.)  Design it, without touching the API, or extending
it in a backward compatible way, and you may get your wish...

David Butler
gdb@dbSystems.com