What to do when Windows client asks you to set permissions that you
can't?
Richard Sharpe
rsharpe at richardsharpe.com
Wed Mar 19 21:59:52 GMT 2003
Hi,
A question I have relating to ACLs is the following:
What should you do (In Samba etc) if you get an ACE in an ACL where the
ACE contains permission bits that you do not implement?
You could:
1. Deny the request, leaving the user not knowing which
bits were good and which not.
2. Ignore the bits you don't process, leaving the user
in a state of confusion about which bits you support
and which you don't. That is, leaving them not
trusting the file system.
Are there any other choices (assuming that implementing all the NT bits is
out of the question).
Regards
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Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com
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