[Samba] Folder permissions not working

[steve]

On 07/06/13 08:13, Mike Bryce wrote:
> I seem to be having a bit of a brain fade with regard to permissions 
> in samba. I have a share with several folders owned by different groups:
>
> drwxrws--- 13 root     accounts     4.0K Jun  7 12:12 Accounts
> drwxrws--- 16 ian      accounts     4.0K Jun  7 11:24 Administration
> drwxrws--- 14 accounts users        4.0K Apr 22 12:05 Downloads
> drwxrwsr-x  7 ian      users        4.0K Mar 22 13:51 Graphics
> drwxrws--- 14 marion   admins       4.0K Jun  6 14:39 Ian & Marion
> drwxrws---  5 ian      myob         4.0K Jun  5 12:02 MYOB Accounts
> drwxrws--- 41 ian      users        4.0K Jun  4 16:03 Plant Health
> drwxrwsr-x  8 ian      users        4.0K Jan  8 07:49 Research
> drwxrws--- 12 ian      users        4.0K Apr 16 16:57 Staff
> drwxrws--- 21 ldapuser coffeecentre 4.0K Jun  5 13:32 The Australian 
> Coffee Centre
>
>
> I have a user (marion) who is a member of all these groups and more:
>
> # groups marion
> admins users coffeecentre accounts domadmins domusers myob
>
> The issue is, Marion can't access the folder called "The Australian 
> Coffee Centre", Windows 7 says no permission and the samba server shows:
>
> # tail /var/log/samba/log.marionhome-pc
> [2013/06/07 08:28:31.144321,  1] smbd/service.c:805(make_connection_snum)
>   create_connection_session_info failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
> [2013/06/07 08:28:31.240024,  1] smbd/service.c:805(make_connection_snum)
>   create_connection_session_info failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
>
>
> All other sub-folders in this folder are accessible as expected. Where 
> do I need to go looking for this problem? Anyone struck this before?
>
> Happy to provide further info as directed.

Hi
I'm no expert, but how about using a big hammer?
Backup first, then:
setfacl -Rm u:marion:rwx "The Australian Coffee Centre"
Steve