For the benefit of those of us who are only too ready to admit all our ignorance when it comes to Linux on the Mainframe, could someone explain what ACLs (Access Control Lists are and how they relate to SAMBA?
We had a set of NT servers lately that we wanted to migrate to Linux/390 SAMBA for cost purposes. The cost savings would have been enormous. The NT weenies did everything they could to shut us up and "prove" that we couldn't do the job, desparately looking for anything and everything that NT could do that SAMBA couldn't. They finally focused on the fact that individual NT users can define, by userid, who has what privileges on each file in their shared folder and SAMBA can't do that unless the administrator goes in and does it for them. They managed to turn it into a show-stopper for us. Could ACLs do this for us? If so , where do we get it for 390 Linux? "Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back." -Piet Hein, Journal of Irreproducible Results March, 1971 Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D VM Technical SErvices, The Boeing Company, (425)865-5940 > ---------- > From: Frank Warzecha > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: NT server consolidation with samba > > Hi, > > If you are migrating from an existing NT installation you will probably > want ACLs (Access Control Lists). We have tested ACLs successfully with > XFS, although we still have some problems with XFS and LVM. If you want to > use Ext2 or Ext3 with ACLS, you will need some patches, backing up the > ACLs > is not really a problem, because you can dump them to a file and back that > up with the tool of your choice. > > You will also have to recompile Samba with ACL-Support, but that should > not > really be a problem. > > Just give me a call, maybe we can help you. > > Mit freundlichen Gr��en, > > Frank Warzecha > ------------------------------------- > Frank Warzecha, > Team Betriebssysteme > RZNet AG, Kerpen, Germany > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Neue Telefon Nummer: >>>>>>>>Tel:02273-603172 > http://www.rznet.de > > > > > > Matthias.Wittpoth@RWES > > YSTEMS.COM An: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet von: Linux on Kopie: > > 390 Port Thema: NT server > consolidation with samba > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > DU> > > > > > > 29.01.02 16:20 > > Bitte antworten an > > Linux on 390 Port > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > currently we are evaluating the use of samba in an nt server consolidation > project. > We need to figure out if the samba server is 100 % compatible with our nt > file servers or what differences exists. > We plan to use samba 2.2 with suse and the samba server should be > integrated > as a member in the existing nt landscape ( domain ). > > My question is : > > Do we need acl controls to offer the same funtionality with samba ? > > If yes, are there any experiences with implementing the acl with a kernel > patch ? > What about backup and recovery concepts of the acl's ? Are they supported > by > the TSM client ? > > Is it true that only ext2 is working with acl ? Can I use ext2 with LVM ? > > What are your experiences, > > thanks a lot > Matthias Wittpoth > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Erleben Sie die neue RWE Online-Welt unter http://www.rwe.com > > >
