112285 – error kernel documentation ext3 ACL

Bug 112285 - error kernel documentation ext3 ACL

Summary: error kernel documentation ext3 ACL

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers

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Reported:	2005-11-12 08:13 UTC by Jacques de Mer
Modified:	2005-12-03 01:38 UTC (History)
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Description Jacques de Mer 2005-11-12 08:13:08 UTC

There seems to be an error in the Linux Kernel Documentation of the ext3 filesystem 
(/usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt).

It states acl (Posix Access Control Lists) are enabled by default, but they are
certainly NOT. To enable them, one must add the "acl" option as a mount parameter.




Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. read the file /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
2. mount a ext3 filesystem with no additional parameters
3. execute as root (for example) : setfacl -m user:root:rwx /tmp/test.txt
Actual Results:  
You get the message "setfacl: test.txt: Operation not supported"

Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-03 01:38:10 UTC

Thanks, sent a patch upstream, will be fixed in future kernel releases.