ACL and EA editing

[nospam <nospam kahn-gruppe de>]

I use MC since a very long time as my major tool to manage my Linux 
servers via PuTTY ssh. It does not need a X enviroment and nevertheless 
even the mouse works as expected! It's superb for me as a otherwise 
Windows based admin!

But even the best could be possibly improved:

I use Samba and ACLs to come as close to the expected funtionality of an 
Windows File Server. Even I could edit a lot allready via the Windows 
Explorer,  I need sometimes native access to the ACL. The cmdline tools 
are not really handy for that. I belive that it would be _very_ helpfull 
to be able to edit ACLs and EAs from within MC. The ACL editing I mean 
as a extension/replacement to the existing functions in the File menue:
* chmod
* chown
* advanced chown
these items may be removed and replaced by an item "Access Control" that 
integrates them all and enhances this with the editing of the complete ACL.
Additional there should be an item "Extended Attributes" that allows 
editing of attributes at least for the name spaces "system" and "user".
The "Info" View should also show something from these both lists.

The "Access Control" dialog is aware if the current file system supports 
ACLs. If the filesystem does not support it, the dialog just edits the 
standard ACL bits.
The availability of the "Extended Attributes" editing is accordingly 
dependent on the availability of this feature in the current file system 
resp. its current mount options.

I use currently MC 4.6.0 included with SuSE 10.0 and belive that this 
must be quiet up-to-date. Futhermore I looked into the FAQ on this 
issue. I hope I do not have missed another source I should have checked 
before...

Rgds

:-glup

P.S since I'm not member of the list, pls CC replies dirct to me. Thanx!