Latest Linux Kernel To Control Access
Source: Vnunet
The Linux 2.6 kernel contains many features found in commercial Unixes, although some significant issues remain to be fixed. Companies using or considering Linux should start planning for the next version, following news that developers last week stopped adding new features to the newest operating system kernel in preparation for the next upgrade.
The next version of the open-source kernel, Linux 2.6, contains many significant improvements, but the operating system has some way to go before it offers similar functionality to commercial versions of Unix, such as stronger security features.
However, the ability to set file access permissions using access control lists (ACLs) - a feature in popular commercial versions of Unix - will be found in Linux version 2.6.
