[linux-cifs-client] Re: Windows ACL support

Martin Koeppe mkoeppe at gmx.de
Sat Feb 23 18:11:57 GMT 2008


On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Martin Koeppe wrote:

> 3. ACL to mode bit mapping
> --------------------------
> When storing a new file, Server for NFS has 2 modes how the ACL can be set. 
> The default mode is to only add those ACEs to the ACL that represent the 
> owner and the group of the file, thus exactly what Unix would do. The other 
> more interesting thing is a setting called "KeepInheritance". If activated, 
> all inherited ACEs are preserved in addition to the just created ACEs. This 
> can have the effect that users may have access to files where the mode bits 
> wouldn't permit access.

just an addition for this topic:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321049/en-us

Martin


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