Access Control Lists

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Willie C

 

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July 7, 2012

 

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The second part of my report will focus on one OS and explain in detail the methods it uses to control file access and how it works. Section A - Review of File Access Control mechanisms. Access Control Lists - Access Control Lists are used by OS’s such as Windows and UNIX. An ACL is a table that informs the OS of each users access rights to an object within the system, the object could be a program, a single file or a folder...
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An ACL is a table that informs the OS of each users access rights to an object within the system, the object could be a program, a single file or a folder. Although ACL’s do the same task in a similar way, the different OS’s each have a different way of carrying it out. With UNIX systems, including the older ones, at least one user would have access to all areas of the system, the idea of this being so that they control the systems for other users and grant or deny them access to various objects...
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