[cifs-protocol] Access check by user x for file y in the context of
user z
Horst Reiterer
horst.reiterer at mind-breeze.com
Mon Jan 30 23:16:11 GMT 2006
Hi,
My application interacts with file shares via CIFS based on a specific
user x, a privileged user having access to all shares and data. Now,
what I would like to do while being connected as user x is checking
whether user z has access to file y based on share and object ACLs (e.g.
by performing an open in the context of user z). Is there any way to
accomplish that with the CIFS protocol?
Windows environments provide a way to impersonate a given user on a per
thread basis. I assume that, if a thread was accessing a CIFS share and
impersonated a user, the CIFS server would take that into consideration
by changing the context accordingly. If that scenario works, what SMBs
are involved here? Would the same work with Samba as a CIFS server?
Thanks in advance for any hints in this respect!
Cheers,
Horst.
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