[Samba] UIDs/GIDs Mapping and Permissions in Samba

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 02:05:48AM +0100, Chris Hayes wrote:
> 
> Basically, I want to know more about which Samba uses, how much it
> tries to keep the two in sync, etc. For example, a moment ago I
> changed the POSIX ACLs on a file that already had a security.NTACL
> glob in the extended attributes; and my change to the POSIX ACL didn't
> show up in the Security Properties information for that file.
> 
> By far the best documentation that I've found so far is this thread,
> which might be out of date now and still leaves me unsure; as this
> suggests that the security.NTACL glob should have been updated.

No, the security.NTACL glob should have been ignored if
you changed the POSIX ACL underneath Samba.