Razvan Corneliu VILT wrote:
> Sounds like the right solution to my problem in it solves a few problems, but 
> I am rather curious about how it would integrate with a potential Samba 
> server running on the same system (in case someone needs a domain controller 
> as well as a fileserver).
> 
> 1 - Samba can store the DOS attributes of a file in an xattr. Can sharesmb do 
> that? If so, is it compatible with Samba?
> 2 - Regarding that, are Resource_Forks/xattr/Alternate_data_streams supported?
> 3 - How do I set share ACLs (allowed users, and their rights)?
> 4 - How do I set the share name?
> 5 - Will it support the smb2 protocol?
> 5b - ill it work over IPv6?
> 6 - Is Shadow Copy supported (using zfs snapshots) ?
> 7 - How will it map nss users to domain users? Will it be able to connect to 
> Winbind?
> 8 - Kerberos authentication support?
> 9 - Will it support the NT priviledges? I could select a normal user on my 
> network, and with a simple net rpc rights grant SeBackupPrivilege, 
> SeRestorePrivilege, ACLs can be overridden by that user in a Windows 
> environment. A user of the sharesmb service might expect that.
> 
> In my personal case, I need 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9. And I am sure that 
> more will come-up, as these are the ones that came to my mind right now.
> 
> Anyway, congratulations on the sharesmb thing. If it has a 
> flexible/configurable implementation (for the ones with complex rules in an 
> environment), but with sane defaults (for normal, users), it will be a hit.
> 
> Cheers,
> Razvan
>  


You might find this presentation of interest.  It was presented at the 
CIFS workshop recently.

http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/slides/cifs-workshop-2007/cifs_workshop_2007_09_27.pdf

It would be best to ask questions about the features of the CIFS server 
on [EMAIL PROTECTED]

   -Mark

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