Credentials for consent based file access

An information handling system (a local node) for providing built-in consent permissions for users, groups, processes, and programs accessing a part of a filesystem comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• a network interface that connects the local node to one or more remote nodes;
• and
• a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions comprising:
• integrating a consent access control into a plurality of files in a filesystem;
• receiving a first request from a first requestor to access information from a first file in the filesystem;
• determining a first access policy for the first requestor wherein the first access policy includes a first selective data conversion;
• receiving a second request from a second requestor to access information from the first file in the filesystem;
• and
• determining a second access policy for the second requestor different from the first access policy for the first requestor;
• and
• providing an access control mode wherein the access control mode is one of an access control mode on and an access control mode off and wherein the access control mode on enforces usage of the built-in consent permissions to the part of the filesystem and the access control mode off inhibits enforcing usage of the built-in consent permissions and wherein the second access policy includes a second selective data conversion.

A computer program product for providing built-in consent permissions for users, groups, processes, and programs accessing a part of a filesystem stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer program code that, when executed by an information handling system (a local node), performs actions comprising:

• integrating a consent access control into a plurality of files in a filesystem;
• receiving a first request from a first requestor to access information from a first file in the filesystem;
• determining a first access policy for the first requestor wherein the first access policy includes a first selective data conversion;
• receiving a second request from a second requestor to access information from the first file in the filesystem;
• determining a second access policy for the second requestor different from the first access policy for the first requestor;
• and
• providing an access control mode wherein the access control mode is one of an access control mode on and an access control mode off and wherein the access control mode on enforces usage of the built-in consent permissions to the part of the filesystem and the access control mode off inhibits enforcing usage of the built-in consent permissions and wherein the second access policy includes a second selective data conversion.