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I've programmed a script using python which logs in as root on the host machine and executes some commands. Therefore it uses ssh. I want to setup acl. If I do following commands in the command line, everything works well. 

s.execute("setfacl -m user:www-data:r-x,mask:r-x /srv/gitosis/.ssh")
s.execute("setfacl -m user:www-data:r--,mask:r-- /srv/gitosis/.ssh/id_dsa")

This is the python call and I always get:

setfacl: /srv/gitosis/.ssh: Operation not supported
setfacl: /srv/gitosis/.ssh/id_dsa: Operation not supported

What is the problem here? Doing that via ssh directly works well.

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What is s? What OS are you using? Is ACL enabled on the filesystem? – Karlson Feb 8 '12 at 20:58
I'm using Debian 6.0.4. Yes acl is enabled. If I call the command directly via bash it works. s is my ssh handle inside python. On this handle I can write via execute on the command line. – Razer Feb 8 '12 at 21:02
When you say when I do the following from the command line are you logged onto the target machine? – Karlson Feb 8 '12 at 21:22
yes - but also via ssh (from the same machine where I execute the python script). – Razer Feb 8 '12 at 21:32
Can you post how s is defined/opened? – Karlson Feb 8 '12 at 21:35
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closed as too localized by Michael Mrozek♦ Mar 6 '12 at 14:52

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