[cifs-protocol] Question about MS-DTYP 2.5.3.4 Algorithm for Creating a Security Descriptor

[Nadezhda Ivanova]

Hi,
I have a question regarding  2.5.3.4 Algorithm for Creating a Security
Descriptor.

It is said there that any ACEs provided by the user that contain the
INHERITED_ACE flag are not included in the final SD assigned to the object,
and in the algorithm they are also disregarded. This is indeed the behavior
I observed.
I created a group, providing this security descriptor during creation:
"D:(A;ID;WP;;;AU)"
When I read the SD of the object back, it read
O:DAG:DUD:AIS:AI(OU;CIIOIDSA;WP;f30e3bbe-9ff0-11d1-b603-0000f80367c1;bf967aa5-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2;WD)(OU;CIIOIDSA;WP;f30e3bbf-9ff0-11d1-b603-0000f80367c1;bf967aa5-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2;WD)
It had no DACL, as expected.

However, when I performed the same test with a very small change, creating
the object with this SD - "D:P(A;ID;WP;;;AU)"
The resulted SD is:
O:DAG:DUD:PAI(A;;WP;;;AU)S:AI(OU;CIIOIDSA;WP;f30e3bbe-9ff0-11d1-b603-0000f80367c1;bf967aa5-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2;WD)(OU;CIIOIDSA;WP;f30e3bbf-9ff0-11d1-b603-0000f80367c1;bf967aa5-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2;WD)

So, it turns out that ACEs with INHERITED_ACE flag provided by the user are
not ignored if we break the inheritance at that object. I haven't found in
the docs where this is specified, however. Is this a desired behavior?

I am testing against win2003R2

Regards,
Nadya
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