Ivan Popov wrote:
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 > Authentication is outside of this role and can be done by external means

> like Kerberos.
> In contrast to the above, ACLs are essential for granting accessrights. 

 > They are per-object (per directory in Coda case) and aremaintained 
where all the
 > file metainformation is kept, in the fileserver's RVM.
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Doh!
Thanks for your answer it was a real eye opener.. maybe I shouldn't look
at the trees and focus on the forrest :)
Of course you're right; .. there isn't even a difference in this case 
between coda and local
filesystems with respect to where authentication and file permission 
storage take place.
It took me a while to realize that I already have what I was looking for 
in the first place.

>Hope that helps.
>  
>
It did :)

regards,
Sven