[Samba] administrator does not have permission

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:18:40 -0600
Robert Wooden via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> In the Windows world side when an "administrator" cannot 'take
> ownership' of a file share, the docs discuss the "System" account
> being used as it (System account) has greater permissions than that
> of the administrator.
> 
> I remembered reading this page https://wiki.samba.org/index.
> php/The_SYSTEM_Account and have now re-read said page *carefully*.
> 
> There I find this message box  "For compatibility with Windows, add
> the SYSTEM account to file system ACLs."
> 
> How do I add the SYSTEM account to my ACLs on a Samba member server?

From windows ;-)

see here:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_a_Share_Using_Windows_ACLs#Setting_ACLs_on_a_Folder

In the 'Permissions for Folder' box add 'SYSTEM' to the 'Group or user
names:' box, with 'Full control'

Rowland