On 11/23/05, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems Fantastic, thanks for the link. The comparison is icnomplete, however it is stated that Reiser4 is good for small files and LOTS of them. Sounds like a good choice for squid cache. > Here's a related question: The choice of file system determines if ACLs... > ...can be used. What's the current status of ACLs on Linux? Are you guys > using ACLs? Any tips? I'm not running my linux boxes in a real multiuser environment yet, so I haven't needed ACLs to date. I thought I heard that ACLs were moving along, but I don't know any current status info. > Some Installable File System drivers and operating systems may not > support extended attributes, access control lists or security labels on > these filesystems. Linux kernels prior to 2.6.x may either be missing > support for these altogether or require a patch. > I would like to hear your experiences. Thanks. I think ACL support requires a 2.6 kernel. ACL support is primitive in 2.4 IIRC and I would suggest running a recent kernel if you're going to be using ACLs. -Brian