Can't disable ACLs

Question

Out XServe/OS-X 10.5.2 appears now to be having the same problem as this previous thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6922635
In order to avoid various SMB problems, using fsaclctl I disabled ACLs on several volumes that are on an attached XRAID. As judged by report from fsaclctl that sticks, but upon rebooting the system ACLs are back enabled.
Does anyone know what the heck this is about? Maybe ther are some bootup settings somewhere that enables ACLs? If I want to try to defeat that by adding a script to force ACLs off at bootup time, where should I do that?
Thanks, Graham

Answer 1

Still don't know why fsaclctl disabling ACLs doesn't stick across reboots (OS-X server 10.5.2), however, in case anyone else is desperate, here's what I did to re-disable ACLs on each bootup.
1. Create a startup launchd item:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/xxx.yyy.disable_acls.plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>Disable ACLs</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/zzzStartupItemScripts/startup_disableacls.bash</string>
</array>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
2. Created script to invoke fsaclctl: startupdisableacls.bash
#!/bin/bash
# Delay to give chance for drives to mount
sleep 60
echo "Disable ACLs, round 1"
fsaclctl -p /Volumes/RAID1 -d
# sleep some more in case we were too fast
sleep 180
echo "Disable ACLs, round 2"
fsaclctl -p /Volumes/RAID1 -d
Notes:
1. You may need to unwrap the DOCTYPE strings, depending on what this forum does to them.
2. You can adjust where you place this script, and make the corresponding change to the plist file.
3. Note the sleep delays in the script. Without these, launchd performs the script before the drives are mounted. According to docs, launchd does not stall while waiting (and if it did this probably wouldn't work).
Hope that helps someone, or provokes someone else to tell me that there's a simpler way.
Graham