On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:59:52PM -0800, Richard Sharpe wrote: > Hi, > > A question I have relating to ACLs is the following: > > What should you do (In Samba etc) if you get an ACE in an ACL where the > ACE contains permission bits that you do not implement? > > You could: > > 1. Deny the request, leaving the user not knowing which > bits were good and which not. > > 2. Ignore the bits you don't process, leaving the user > in a state of confusion about which bits you support > and which you don't. That is, leaving them not > trusting the file system. > > Are there any other choices (assuming that implementing all the NT bits is > out of the question).
We have the same problem with DOS Attributes vs. Unix Attributes. They don't map very well. The best you can do is try to find a way to approximate (your best guess) of the user's intention. Chris -)----- -- Samba Team -- http://www.samba.org/ -)----- Christopher R. Hertel jCIFS Team -- http://jcifs.samba.org/ -)----- ubiqx development, uninq. ubiqx Team -- http://www.ubiqx.org/ -)----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OnLineBook -- http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ -)----- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
