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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Madhusudanan Kandasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Vidya Ranganathan, Bangalore, IN;
Murali Vaddagiri, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Madhusudanan Kandasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Vidya Ranganathan, Bangalore, IN;
Murali Vaddagiri, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2141 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and products for governing access to objects on a filesystem. In one general embodiment, the method includes providing a framework in an operating system environment for support of a plurality of access control list (ACL) types, thereby enabling governing of access to objects on a filesystem according to an associated definition of an ACL type; and accepting definitions of ACL types. The associated definition may comprise a kernel extension.