[Samba] taking ownership

[Sven Köhler]

> I have winbind set up and working with Linux 2.2.20acl, as far as
> I can tell everything works except for "Taking Ownership" and
> modification of permissions by group members.

same problem here with 2.4.18+xfs+acl

> I have a user ( we'll call him "user" ) who is in the DOMAIN+Employees group
> ( this groups has full control over FILE.doc ).

i think only the owner of a file can change permissions - or am i wrong?
samba will show "full access" if rwx

> If I try to change permissions from a Windows 2k client, I get an error on
> the windows side :
> 
> --
> Unable to save permission changes on FILE.doc
> Access is denied.
> --
> 
> and this is in the log.smbd :
> 
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> [2002/07/24 19:13:49, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(217)
> user opened file FILE.doc read=Yes write=No (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/24 19:13:49, 2] smbd/posix_acls.c:set_canon_ace_list(1731)
> set_canon_ace_list: sys_acl_set_file failed for file FILE.doc (Operation not permitted).
> [2002/07/24 19:13:49, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(208)
> domain+user closed file FILE.doc (numopen=0) 
> --
> 
> If I try to "Take Ownership" of the file, I get an equally generic error
> on the windows side, and this in the log.smbd :
> 
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> [2002/07/24 19:17:36, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(217)
> dkelley opened file Engineering/Database/GIS CONFIGURATION ISSUES.doc read=Yes write=No (numopen=1)
> [2002/07/24 19:17:36, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(208)
> vectiv+dkelley closed file Engineering/Database/GIS CONFIGURATION ISSUES.doc (numopen=0) 
> --
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated :)

i wonder if this is possible?
i think the right of "changing ACLs" is dependant on who created the 
file which might lead to chaos within a directory many users do access.