What is the maximum number of ACL's available on a directory on various filesystems with Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • Could you please let us know the maximum number of ACL entries that a file system object can have(for ext3,ext4,xfs and gfs2).

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), including:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
  • Filesystems supported by Red Hat including:
    • ext2/ext3/ext4
    • xfs
    • gfs2
    • nfs

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