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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:26:46 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        walton@onlinemusic.com, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: suiddir and samba
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101242325360.25771-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3A6DA043.4DB97A14@elischer.org>

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On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Julian Elischer wrote:

> Dave Walton wrote:
> > 
> > On 21 Jan 2001, at 23:10, Doug White wrote:
> > 
> > > No, turn off suiddir and turn on inherit perms.  They are mutually
> > > exclusive.
> 
> what are "inherrit_perms"? I can;t see them in LINT..

See the Samba option "inherit permissions" in smb.conf(5).

> If theyare a samba thing then ok, but they shouldn't be Mutually exclusive.
> SUIDDIR was written for using with samba and netatalk, so apple and
> widows users would see the same ownerships they expect..

Except Samba is smart and doesn't copy the suid bit. So it only works for
explicitly flagged directories, which limits it's usefulness.

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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