At 06:16 PM 11/12/99 -0800, Raymond H. Kraft wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've run into something that looks like a bug in samba security. I've
seen it
>both in 2.0.5a and now in 2.0.6. The problem is that filesystems mounted by
>samba via autofs or mount do *not* honor file permissions.
>
>For example, using autofs, I created an auto.hosts mount map entry called
>"ray". It's defined as such:
>
>ray
-fstype=smb,username=ray,password=rays_passwd,uid=1501,gid=1501
> ://brazil/ray
>
>Now, if I log in as another user, say ed, and cd to /net/ray, here's what I
>see:
>
># ls -l /net
>drwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 512 Nov 12 18:05 ray
>
># ls -l /net/ray
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 151484 Nov 12 14:45 large_example.obf
>drwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 512 May 11 1999 matlab
>drwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 512 Mar 9 1999 public_html
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 16536 Nov 12 14:45 simple_example.obf
>drwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 512 Nov 11 13:01 tmp
>drwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 512 Nov 11 12:10 transfer
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 ray ray 5617060 Nov 12 15:48 user_manual.pdf
>
>
>The files are all owned by "ray", and ed does not have write permission. If
>user ed then tries to edit a new file under /net/ray, this is appropriately
>not permitted.
>
>HOWEVER, if user ed tries to edit an existing file, permission is granted.
In
>short, other users are able to modify existing files.
>
>Am I doing something silly here, or is there a problem with smbfs?
>
>For reference, I'm running RedHat 6.1 with most updates. The smb host
brazil
>referenced above is the same Linux box that I'm running on.
>
>TIA.
>
> -Ray Kraft
>
>
Did you actualy try to save the modified file? Most editors will let
you edit a "read-only" file, but stop you when you try to save it.
Mikkel
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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