[Samba] Samba in Containers/Kubernetes Status Update 2

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Wed Jan 12 19:10:36 UTC 2022


On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 01:42:12PM -0500, John Mulligan via samba wrote:
>
>Samba in Containers/Kubernetes Status Update vol. 2
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>
>I had hoped to update the wider Samba community with another status report
>in December but I missed that boat. So January will have to do. This message
>is part of an ongoing effort to summarize what we've been up to as we
>work on integration for Samba in containers and Kubernetes [1].
>....
>ACL Xattr
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>
>We still want to run our containers without privileges and therefore being
>able to store NTACLs outside of "security.NTACL" continues to be a goal. In
>order to get this functionality, Günther Deschner is continuing work on the
>open Samba project merge request [3]. Günther is working to improve the hooks
>into the VFS layer to handle performance and layering concerns raised in that
>PR.

Thanks so much for this update John. Günther, let me know if I can help
get this (store NTACLs outside of "security.NTACL") change upstream.

Looking forward to fully supported Samba in containers and Kubernetes !



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