[Samba] Setting up a Share Using Windows ACLs

[L.P.H. van Belle]

Hai,

Its a nice example howto setup with space and what the pitfalls are, 
so yes, in my option this could/should be on the wiki.  


Greetz, 

Louis


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
> Rowland Penny via samba
> Verzonden: dinsdag 25 april 2017 13:49
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Setting up a Share Using Windows ACLs
> 
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:32:37 +1000
> Henry via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
> > > I'll try running RSAT on a different Windows client and 
> see if there 
> > > is any difference.
> > > 
> > >> 
> > >> What I do think is, it isn't a good idea to create Samba shares 
> > >> with spaces in the name, use an underscore instead.
> > >> 
> > >> Rowland
> > 
> > OK, here are my findings and I hope this helps someone 
> (possibly me in 
> > 12 months time).
> > 
> > I spun up 2012r2 in a VM and had exactly the same problems. What I 
> > found was:
> > 
> > if RSAT is unable to access the folder then the "Security" tab does 
> > not appear. i.e. if the folder does not exist in Linux. Further to 
> > this is if RSAT is unable to read/access the folder the "Security"
> > tab does not exist.
> > 
> > When using spaces in the folder name I used "\" to escape 
> the spaces 
> > so in smb.conf I had:
> > [Test me]
> >         path = /srv/samba/data/Test\ Me/
> >         read only = no
> > 
> > This resulted in RSAT displaying the folder path as:
> > "C:\srv\samba\data\Test\ Me\"
> > 
> > Accordingly the spaces were not being escaped properly, the folder 
> > could not be found and the "Security" tab was not 
> available. This was 
> > resolved by changing smb.conf to:
> > [Test me]
> >         path = "/srv/samba/data/Test Me/"
> >         read only = no
> > 
> > This resulted in RSAT displaying the folder path as:
> > "C:\srv\samba\data\Test Me\"
> > 
> > Accordingly the spaces were escaped properly, the folder could be 
> > found and the "Security" tab was available.
> > 
> 
> I think this needs to be on the wiki, how about if I add it 
> to the FAQ ? or is there a better place for it ?
> 
> Rowland
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> instructions:  https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
> 
>