[Samba] weird permissions issue

[John H Terpstra - Samba Team]

JJB wrote:
> Dale Schroeder wrote:
>> I don't know if you've solved this or not, but have you checked the
>> acl's with getfacl. (I noticed all the "inherit acl" statements.)
>> I once had this problem, and it was caused by the creation of default
>> acl's that overrode all other permissions.  Since I did not create
>> them on the Samba server, it had to have happened by someone adjusting
>> permissions through the Windows clients.  After removing
>> the default acl, all returned to normal.
>>
>> This may not be your problem, but it's worth checking.
>>
>> Dale 
> 
> 
> Hi Dale,
> 
> Most likely you are correct. I've never used the acl commands before, we
> didn't know they existed, we've been attacking the problem from a linux
> permissions standpoint.
> 
> getfacl returns for the parent folder
> 
> # file: data/engineering/beta/Builds
> # owner: hankj
> # group: eng
> user::rwx
> group::rwx
> other::r-x
> 
> and for the folder in question:
> 
> # file: Mac
> # owner: jimd
> # group: eng
> user::rwx
> group::rwx
> other::r-x
> 
> How do I delete these acls with the setfacl command? trying to figure
> out syntax, but not getting anywhere.
> 
> - Joel
> 

setfacl -bR directory_or_file_name

- John T.