2004-12-06T17:02:40Z 2004-12-06T17:02:40Z 2004-12-06T17:02:40Z http://neil.brown.name/blog/20041206170240 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. <p>Today's article looks at &quot;Access Control&quot; for files. The &quot;ugo&quot; 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. <p><a href=http://neil.brown.name/blog/20041206170240>read more...(6 comments)</a>