[Samba] samba 3.5.5 and ACL mod

[John Drescher]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:20 AM,  <Sebastian.Perkins at swisscom.com> wrote:
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>>> > Only one question remains, if I add a user to unix/samba it does not >> >> appear in the share acl even if I add it to "valid users".
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>>> I do not think that adding users to valid users will do that but if>>
>>> you set the acl in the posix filesystem it will show up. Well it shows
>>> up on my domain after I got idmap working.
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> Actually they do not appear even In "valid users". I am using security=user based on unix accounts (no domain). Can I set set the acl in the posix filesystem ?
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>>> >
>>> > I have to add the user to the share with
>>> >
>>> > setfacl -m u:newuser:r /home/testshare
>>> >
>>> > And then change anything I need with mmc.
>>> >
>>> > Is there a way around this ?
>>> >
>>> I believe that  is the correct way. And the valid users is more of a hack.
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> That means a command line for each new user in the system, hmm.

Why not put the users in some group?
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John M. Drescher