06 December 2004, 17:02 UTCWhere Unix went wrong - filesystems - access control
This is one in a (possible) series where I complain about design decisions in Unix. Unix has, on the whole, a very good design, so mistakes stand out rather clearly.
Today's article looks at "Access Control" for files. The "ugo" access control in Unix doesn't seem all that bad until you look at the generalisation known as ACLs - access control lists. Once you see them you have to realise that something was fundamentally wrong to start with.