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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Steven M. French, Austin, TX (US);
Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Beaverton, OR (US);
Anthony N. Liguori, Austin, TX (US);
Badari Pulavarty, Beaverton, OR (US);
Eric V. Van Hensbergen, Austin, TX (US);
Aneesh K. Veetil, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided that may relate to controlling access to or accessing computer files over a computer network. A file server may execute on a first computer system and a client may execute on a second computer system. The client may be configured to send a first communication to the file server relating to a first computer file stored on the first computer system. The first communication may include first access control data associated with the first computer file. The file server may be configured to receive the first communication and extract the first access control data from the first communication. The file server may then store the extracted first access control data in extended attributes of the first computer file on the first computer system.