On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > Jules Agee wrote: > > > > Do I need to patch ACL support into the Linux kernel just to allow users > > to change permissions on files hosted on the Samba 2.2.5 server? All I > > really need is to allow users to set read/write/execute on files. Right > > now, I don't have an ACL-patched kernel installed on the server. > > This stuff should work. We have to translate the permissions back into > posix rwx, but as long as the changes fit that, and the user can do it > at the console, then it *should* work... > > You might want to try Samba 3.0, see if it's any better there. This may > well be a bug. (Not that I'm particularly in a position to chase it > down, unfortunetly)
no need to try 3.0 for this. Samba 2.2.5 should be fine in this respect. cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org -- http://www.plainjoe.org "SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca-- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
