On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 09:15, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 09:37:25AM -0500, David Kramer wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Scott Sharkey wrote:
> > 
> > Today, there is only one valid reason for not using a Linux box with Samba
> > to replace NT shares or Netware.  
> 
> [compatibility reason cut]
> 
> Actually, there is a 2nd reason.  Linux with Samba simply does not have the 
> access control mechanisms that NT does, and this limits the granularity of
> access.  For some businesses (like ours), this is a show stopper.  Linux ACL
> support is being worked on, but it's not ready for prime time.

Have you looked at XFS on Linux?  Using Samba on XFS (or ext3 with ACLs)
should give you what you need:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/102_installer.html

(Don't know much about these:)
http://acl.bestbits.at/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-acl/




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