[Samba] Modifying file permissions from Windows

[Julian Kolarov]

I have configured Mandrake Linux 9.0 as a member of a Win2K domain in an effort to integrate a Linux file server in an existing Windows domain. I have configured Samba with all the default setting. In Windows I can see the server and the share properly. 
 
The problem is that I cannot modify any file and directory permissions from the PDC. All global and share settings for Samba are as recommended by the Samba documentation and still when I try to modify any file permission from Windows I get "Access denied" error.
I tried on the Linux box to give all possible privileges to the user that I am logged on as in Windows, but this does not help. Strangely I can take ownership of a file or directory, but even then I cannot modify permissions.
 
Can anyone give any direction where should I be looking for the problem. The ultimate goal is to replace a Novell file server with Linux I am not sure how to manage the complex group and user file permissions that are currently on the Novell server with Linux.

Julian Kolarov

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