[Samba] ACL issues still unresolved

[Andrew Furey]

>>(b) In said ACL properties dialog, the usernames displayed 
>>are the UNIX ones, not the ones converted with the username 
>>map option.
> 
> Why not use original Windows names and take users map out of the loop?
> 
> While a blank in user's name is strictly a no-no and all lower case is
> preferable, most *nices can deal with names longer than 8 chars, 
> although "ls -l"-listings may appear messy.
> 
> As for your (a) question, should we chase back your previous mails
> to find out exactly what samba version on which platform you are
> using, or can you discretely include that info in a mail?

Sorry, I should have specified - Samba 2.2.7 manually compiled with 
ACLs, on Debian unstable.


However, I have just this morning worked out both of those problems. For 
all the future Googlers out there who are banging their heads against 
the wall as much as I have been:

     IF IN DOUBT, USE WINBIND.

Setting up winbind with the nsswitch.conf stuff works perfectly (as far 
as those two problems go).

Only problem I have now is working out how to preserve the ACLs on files 
  I copy from the W2k to the Samba machine. xcopy /o seems to be it, but 
it comes up with "access denied" and the file is empty, as well as 
having the default permissions (copying person is owner, etc). More 
Googling needed...

Thanks for your help, everyone.

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