[Samba] Folder ACLs

[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:33:43PM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 02:04:30AM -0700, Derek Lewis wrote:
> > I am running Samba 3.6 and I have implemented extended attributes and acls
> > for my shares.  I want to make directory behavior as similar as possible to
> > client Windows XP.
> 
> 3.5.x or 3.6 ? 3.6 is not released yet.
> 
> > When I open the properties tab on a directory in a share, under user names I
> > see two additional users: CREATOR GROUP and CREATOR OWNER.  This seems to be
> > a consequence of the ACL translation, as copying or moving this directory
> > back to the PC results in the user list to the same users as the directories
> > on the PC.  The inherit permissions flag is not set on the share folder
> > although it is set on the PC.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have tried to edit the folder permissions from the Windows property menu
> > for both the file owner as well as the CREATOR OWNER user above, and the
> > making a change as deselecting full control flag, reverts back to the
> > original state. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I can post my configuration if required, I intended to map permissions as
> > directly as possible, though leave them flexible so that I can edit them
> > later if required.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I saw the posting earlier regarding an experimental patch for Samba 3.6 ACL
> > handling.  Are these changes already included in the next version of 3.x
> > Samba?
> 
> The fixes for the acl_xattr module are in the git v3-6-test and master
> trees. Here is the jumbo patch that will apply to 3.5.6 and bring the
> ACL handling to functional parity with the later code.
> 
> Please test and let me know if it works for you.

Arg. Attachment got stripped. Get it here instead:

http://samba.org/~jra/samba-3-5-x-acl-jumbo-patch.tgz

Jeremy.