[ACL-Devel] Newbie question

[Jean-Eric Cuendet]

Hi,
I just wonder what is the EXACT meaning of ACLs, CAP and MAC.
I know that ACLs are for file access restrictions (it extends the UGA in
UNIX) but what are CAP and MAC?

Thanks for sour help
-jec

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Jean-Eric Cuendet
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