[Samba] ACL propegation problem - any known issues?

[David Brodbeck]

We use POSIX ACLs (under ext2fs) with a fairly complicated set of
permissions.  Each folder has default permissions that should cause anything
created under it to also have the correct permissions.

What I'm seeing is occasionally a folder will be created and its default
permissions are not set.  When files are created under this folder, they of
course have the wrong permissions because there are no defaults to inherit.
It doesn't happen every time, and I've had trouble trying to reproduce it
myself, but I see the results pretty frequently.  I'm not entirely sure if
it happens when the folder is created, or if the permissions are dropped
later when it's modified.

This has been cropping up from time to time ever since we switched from
Samba 2.2.8a to Samba 3.0.2-debian, and I'm wondering if it's a known bug.
I'm getting tired of having to patch up permissions by hand.  I've set
"inherit acls=yes", but it doesn't seem to have completely solved the
problem.

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David Brodbeck, System Administrator
InterClean Equipment, Inc.
3939 Bestech Drive Suite B
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 975-2967 x221
(734) 975-1646 (fax)