Hi all. Thanks very much for the feedback. Here's the scenario.
We have a Linux file server which hosts student files for edubuntu users and windows users. If a student logs on under edubuntu they reach their files via a symlink to their NFS mounted fileshare. If the student logs on via windows they get a "shortcut" on their desktop that has a link to their files mounted via SAMBA. edubuntu think client(NFS)--->Fileserver(NFS, SMB) <-------- windows fat client All accounts are managed via Active Directory. We use winbind with "idmap_rid" to bind linux auth via NSS. I'd like to add acl support because I *think* it would help overcome a problem that I am having which is: When we hosted student files on Windows 2003 we would allow teachers to add new students via a custom windows MMC on their Desktop. However they get a message that says they don't have rights to admin the files on the samba server. I've tried adding them as "admins users" on the samba share: admin users = @"VAN\domain admins" @"VAN\mcmcomputer admins" but that didn't fix the problem. Moveover when I addusers as a "domain admin" from Active Directory, I can create a windows "Home Directory" and path to the "home directory" under their profile, but it is owned by root rather than the student whose directory it is. Under a "pure" windows environment, the directory would be owned by the student rather than the domain admin. Whew! Anyway that's where I am right now. I am considering making a local linux user with rootly powers and a parallel user in Windows (i.e same username and password) and see if that solves this issue. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! John On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Greg Reagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you be more specific as to just exactly what you want to be able > to > > do? there may be other easier ways to accomplish it > > I second that. My personal opinion is that Samba is horribly > complicated and I try to avoid it whenever possible. Mind you, I think > it's great software and it's complicated because of the complexity of > SMB/CIFS, not because of the Samba implementation. > > For example, when sharing files between Unix computers, I like sshfs a > lot, very simple. > > -- > greg reagle | computer technician, system administrator | community it > innovators - CITI | 202-234-1600 ext. 353 > > > > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
