Linux as a workstation client

[David Brodbeck]

NFS would require the UIDs to be identical on all machines.  There is
currently no way to ensure this when using winbind for authentication.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald (Jerry) Carter [mailto:jerry at samba.org]
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 3:50 PM
To: Jeremy Allison
Cc: David Brodbeck; 'samba at samba.org'
Subject: Re: Linux as a workstation client


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?