oxidecomputer / oxidecomputer/omicron
[cleanup] Want to have native bindings to sys/acl
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Description
https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/pull/7888 aims to make mountpoint directories "safer" against mis-use (e.g., writing to the directory before the dataset-under-interest is mounted).
To do this, we want to:
- Check if immutability is supported (currently via
ls -d/v) - Make the directory mutable/immutable (via
chmod S+ci)
It should be possible to accomplish this with native bindings to illumos, but I think this will required bindings to https://illumos.org/man/2/acl (sys/acl.h).
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading PR 7888 and the illumos acl(2) documentation, especially sys/acl.h, alongside the current ls -d/v and chmod S+ci approach described here. Done means native illumos bindings can check immutability support and make mountpoint directories mutable or immutable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100