[gpfsug-discuss] Copying ACLs between filesystems

[Orlando Richards]

Hi folks,

Does anyone know a good way to sync files between two gpfs filesystems, 
while preserving NFSv4 ACL's?

I've tried rsync and cp - neither of which seem to copy over acls.

Sample test:

# mkdir test
# mmeditacl -k nfs4 test
# mmgetacl test
#NFSv4 ACL
#owner:root
#group:root
group:1234:rwxc:allow:FileInherit:DirInherit
  (X)READ/LIST (X)WRITE/CREATE (X)MKDIR (X)SYNCHRONIZE (X)READ_ACL 
(X)READ_ATTR  (-)READ_NAMED
  (-)DELETE    (X)DELETE_CHILD (X)CHOWN (X)EXEC/SEARCH (X)WRITE_ACL 
(X)WRITE_ATTR (-)WRITE_NAMED

# rsync -av test/ test2/
[root at mwvm06 nasdev]# mmgetacl -k nfs4 test2
#NFSv4 ACL
#owner:root
#group:root
special:owner@:---c:allow
  (-)READ/LIST (-)WRITE/CREATE (-)MKDIR (X)SYNCHRONIZE (X)READ_ACL 
(X)READ_ATTR  (-)READ_NAMED
  (-)DELETE    (-)DELETE_CHILD (X)CHOWN (-)EXEC/SEARCH (X)WRITE_ACL 
(X)WRITE_ATTR (-)WRITE_NAMED

special:group@:----:allow
  (-)READ/LIST (-)WRITE/CREATE (-)MKDIR (X)SYNCHRONIZE (X)READ_ACL 
(X)READ_ATTR  (-)READ_NAMED
  (-)DELETE    (-)DELETE_CHILD (-)CHOWN (-)EXEC/SEARCH (-)WRITE_ACL 
(-)WRITE_ATTR (-)WRITE_NAMED

special:everyone@:----:allow
  (-)READ/LIST (-)WRITE/CREATE (-)MKDIR (X)SYNCHRONIZE (X)READ_ACL 
(X)READ_ATTR  (-)READ_NAMED
  (-)DELETE    (-)DELETE_CHILD (-)CHOWN (-)EXEC/SEARCH (-)WRITE_ACL 
(-)WRITE_ATTR (-)WRITE_NAMED





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