On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:48:15 +0200
Uri Simchoni <urisimch...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Assert that backup intent shall only be attempted if the user matches
> the backupuid or backupgid parameter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uri Simchoni <u...@samba.org>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.8 | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8
> index 2643145..af6b097 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.8
> +++ b/mount.cifs.8
> @@ -310,14 +310,14 @@ for more information\&.
>  .PP
>  backupuid=\fIarg\fR
>  .RS 4
> -Restrict access to files with the backup intent to a user. Either a name or 
> an id must be provided as an argument, there are no default values.
> +File access by this user shall be done with the backup intent flag set. 
> Either a name or an id must be provided as an argument, there are no default 
> values.
>  .sp
>  See section \fIACCESSING FILES WITH BACKUP INTENT\fR for more details
>  .RE
>  .PP
>  backupgid=\fIarg\fR
>  .RS 4
> -Restrict access to files with the backup intent to a group. Either a name or 
> an id must be provided as an argument, there are no default values.
> +File access by users who are members of this group shall be done with the 
> backup intent flag set. Either a name or an id must be provided as an 
> argument, there are no default values.
>  .sp
>  See section \fIACCESSING FILES WITH BACKUP INTENT\fR for more details
>  .RE
> @@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ But the user testuser, if it becomes part of the group 
> Backup Operators, can ope
>  Any user on the client side who can authenticate as such a user on the 
> server,
>  can access the files with the backup intent. But it is desirable and 
> preferable for security reasons amongst many, to restrict this special right.
>  
> -The mount option backupuid is used to restrict this special right to a user 
> which is specified by either a name or an id. The mount option backupgid is 
> used to restrict this special right to the users in a group which is 
> specified by either a name or an id. These two mount options can be used 
> together.
> +The mount option backupuid is used to restrict this special right to a user 
> which is specified by either a name or an id. The mount option backupgid is 
> used to restrict this special right to the users in a group which is 
> specified by either a name or an id. Only users maching either backupuid or 
> backupgid shall attempt to access files with backup intent. These two mount 
> options can be used together.
>  .SH "FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS"
>  .PP
>  The core CIFS protocol does not provide unix ownership information or mode 
> for files and directories\&. Because of this, files and directories will 
> generally appear to be owned by whatever values the uid= or gid= options are 
> set, and will have permissions set to the default file_mode and dir_mode for 
> the mount\&. Attempting to change these values via chmod/chown will return 
> success but have no effect\&.

Merged...

Apologies for not spotting this sooner. In the future if you send the
patches to me directly, I'm more likely to see them.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlay...@samba.org>
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