What's next for Samba ?

[Stefan Metzmacher]

tridge at samba.org wrote:
> Stefan,
> 
>  > >ok, basic idea is to store the ACLs twice. They will be stored once in
>  > >NT format in a posix extended attribute and once as a translated posix
>  > >ACL as a real posix ACL. Along with the NT ACL in the extended
>  > >attribute we also store the checksum of the translated posix ACL.
>  > >
>  > Isn't that code already in 3.0.x ?
>  > 
>  > smb.conf parameter "acl compatibility"
> 
> no
> 
> Samba3 can store the inheritance bit in an extended attribute, but
> doesn't store the whole ACL. This means that (among other things)
> Samba3 cannot distinguish "full control" from "write".
Ok, got it:-)


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metze

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