This is a problem with ACL systems in general. They are extremely flexible and expressive, but require a level of stamina and determination to harness that few except the dysfunctionally obsessive will manage.

(The Unix permission model OTOH is so simplistic that only the most trivial arrangments are expressible. All things considered, I still prefer Unix permissions because at least they make the common, simple things a no-brainer; that ACLs make the hard things possible doesn’t mean these aren’t still an absolutely massive pain. Someday we’ll figure out long-term tenable approaches to security…)

Makeshifts last the longest.

In reply to Unix permissions vs ACLs (was: Windows for Unix Geeks?) by Aristotle
in thread Windows for Unix Geeks? by pileofrogs

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