[cifs-protocol] Fwd: Question about self relative form of SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

[Nadezhda Ivanova]

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> From: Nadezhda Ivanova <nadezhda.ivanova at postpath.com>
> To: dochelp at microsoft.com <dochelp at microsoft.com>
> Cc: cifs-protocols at samba.org <cifs-protocols at samba.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:26:01 PM GMT+0200 Europe;Athens
> Subject: Question about self relative form of SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR

> > Hello,
> In MS-DTYP, section 2.4.6 (the table on page 55), the self relative 
> format of a security descriptor is described as follows:
> Revision
> Sbz1
> Control
> OffsetOwner
> OffsetGroup
> OffsetSacl
> OffsetDacl
> OwnerSid
> GroupSid
> Sacl
> Dacl
> 
> However, what we receive from the wire from a Win2003 or Win2008 is in 
> fact in the form:
> Revision
> Sbz1
> Control
> OffsetOwner
> OffsetGroup
> OffsetSacl
> OffsetDacl
> Sacl
> Dacl
> OwnerSid
> GroupSid
> 
> Although it does not prevent parsing the security descriptor, on a 
> binary level the encoding between Windows and Samba is different, 
> because Samba's is as documented. Is this the desired behavior or 
> something that will be fixed?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Nadezhda Ivanova