[Samba] Setting up a Share Using Windows ACLs

[Henry]

On 2017-04-25 21:49, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> 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

Great idea. Under FAQ in detail with a link to FAQ item on the Windows 
ACLs page under adding a share:
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_a_Share_Using_Windows_ACLs#Adding_a_Share
Want me to draft something?