Linux as a workstation client

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:52:59PM -0500, David Brodbeck wrote:
> I'm exploring the idea of using Linux as a workstation OS for some of the
> users where I work.  Most of the issues I've looked at seem resolvable, but
> I keep running into one sticking point.  We rely heavily on shared folders
> on our Samba server, using ACLs to restrict things on a departmental basis.
> What I'd need is a way to mount these folders with the permissions of the
> current logged-in user and honoring all the ACLs on the server.  Basically I
> need it to act just like an NT workstation, client-wise.  Winbind can do the
> authentication, but I've tried smbfs, and it looks like it doesn't enforce
> the ACLs.  Is there something I'm overlooking, or is this something you just
> can't do with Linux?

If the ACLs are POSIX ACLs on the Linux filesystem, then smbfs should
have them enforced in exactly the same way as a Windows client - for
the currently connected user.

What exactly doesn't work ?

Jeremy