I have been using Samba for about a year now, on FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x servers. It works flawlessly, except for one thing - the manipulation of directory permissions via the Win2K native interface.
I can manipulate permissions on FILES just fine from the Win2K interface, and if I am using FreeBSD 5.x with ACL support, can even create and manipulate true ACLs using the Win2K interface - but when it comes to directories, whether or not I have ACL support running on the FreeBSD/Samba side, everything is screwy.
When viewing Security properties on a directory on a Samba share from Win2K, with the directory chmod 770 and chowned "owner" and chgrped "group", I see two ACL entries - one for "owner", and one for "group". But here's the kicker - the ACLs for "owner" and "group" both show NO permissions checked. Attempting to actually manipulate the entries is unpredictable in outcome - if you attempt to check off permissions on the "owner" or "group" ACLs, they just silently disappear when you click "Apply." If you attempt to delete either ACL, you may or may not be able to recreate it - usually not.
Has anyone else observed this behavior (which has been consistent across every FreeBSD / Samba machine I have ever built), and does anyone know how to make it work right with the Win2K interface? Again, the interface performs just as it should with respect to *file* permissions, it's just *directory* permissions that exhibit the problem.
Thanks in advance.
Jim Salter -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
