Linux as a workstation client

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> 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.

Along this lines, why not use NFS?







chau, jerry
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