1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter�16.�File, Directory, and Share Access Controls</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Official Samba 3.5.x HOWTO and Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part�III.�Advanced Configuration"><link rel="prev" href="rights.html" title="Chapter�15.�User Rights and Privileges"><link rel="next" href="locking.html" title="Chapter�17.�File and Record Locking"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter�16.�File, Directory, and Share Access Controls</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rights.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">Part�III.�Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="locking.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="AccessControls"></a>Chapter�16.�File, Directory, and Share Access Controls</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="orgname">Samba Team</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jeremy</span> <span class="orgname">Samba Team</span> <span class="surname">Allison</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:jra@samba.org">jra@samba.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jelmer</span> <span class="othername">R.</span> <span class="orgname">The Samba Team</span> <span class="surname">Vernooij</span></h3><span class="contrib">drawing</span>�<div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">The Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:jelmer@samba.org">jelmer@samba.org</a>></code></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">May 10, 2003</p></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2610562">Features and Benefits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2610748">File System Access Controls</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2610763">MS Windows NTFS Comparison with UNIX File Systems</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2611105">Managing Directories</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2611229">File and Directory Access Control</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2611888">Share Definition Access Controls</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2611921">User- and Group-Based Controls</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2612289">File and Directory Permissions-Based Controls</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2612626">Miscellaneous Controls</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2612964">Access Controls on Shares</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613112">Share Permissions Management</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613459">MS Windows Access Control Lists and UNIX Interoperability</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613465">Managing UNIX Permissions Using NT Security Dialogs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613512">Viewing File Security on a Samba Share</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613583">Viewing File Ownership</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613726">Viewing File or Directory Permissions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2613942">Modifying File or Directory Permissions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2614099">Interaction with the Standard Samba create mask Parameters</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2614468">Interaction with the Standard Samba File Attribute Mapping</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2614541">Windows NT/200X ACLs and POSIX ACLs Limitations</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2614954">Common Errors</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2614965">Users Cannot Write to a Public Share</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2615288">File Operations Done as root with force user Set</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="AccessControls.html#id2615334">MS Word with Samba Changes Owner of File</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p> 2<a class="indexterm" name="id2610392"></a> 3<a class="indexterm" name="id2610399"></a> 4<a class="indexterm" name="id2610406"></a> 5<a class="indexterm" name="id2610413"></a> 6Advanced MS Windows users are frequently perplexed when file, directory, and share manipulation of 7resources shared via Samba do not behave in the manner they might expect. MS Windows network 8administrators are often confused regarding network access controls and how to 9provide users with the access they need while protecting resources from unauthorized access. 10</p><p> 11<a class="indexterm" name="id2610429"></a> 12<a class="indexterm" name="id2610436"></a> 13Many UNIX administrators are unfamiliar with the MS Windows environment and in particular 14have difficulty in visualizing what the MS Windows user wishes to achieve in attempts to set file 15and directory access permissions. 16</p><p> 17<a class="indexterm" name="id2610451"></a> 18<a class="indexterm" name="id2610457"></a> 19<a class="indexterm" name="id2610464"></a> 20<a class="indexterm" name="id2610471"></a> 21The problem lies in the differences in how file and directory permissions and controls work 22between the two environments. This difference is one that Samba cannot completely hide, even 23though it does try to bridge the chasm to a degree. 24</p><p> 25<a class="indexterm" name="id2610484"></a> 26<a class="indexterm" name="id2610491"></a> 27<a class="indexterm" name="id2610500"></a> 28<a class="indexterm" name="id2610507"></a> 29POSIX Access Control List technology has been available (along with extended attributes) 30for UNIX for many years, yet there is little evidence today of any significant use. This 31explains to some extent the slow adoption of ACLs into commercial Linux products. MS Windows 32administrators are astounded at this, given that ACLs were a foundational capability of the now 33decade-old MS Windows NT operating system. 34</p><p> 35<a class="indexterm" name="id2610524"></a> 36The purpose of this chapter is to present each of the points of control that are possible with 37Samba-3 in the hope that this will help the network administrator to find the optimum method 38for delivering the best environment for MS Windows desktop users. 39</p><p> 40<a class="indexterm" name="id2610539"></a> 41<a class="indexterm" name="id2610546"></a> 42This is an opportune point to mention that Samba was created to provide a means of interoperability 43and interchange of data between differing operating environments. Samba has no intent to change 44UNIX/Linux into a platform like MS Windows. Instead the purpose was and is to provide a sufficient 45level of exchange of data between the two environments. What is available today extends well 46beyond early plans and expectations, yet the gap continues to shrink. 47</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2610562"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div></div><p> 48 Samba offers much flexibility in file system access management. These are the key access control 49 facilities present in Samba today: 50 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><p class="title"><b>Samba Access Control Facilities</b></p><ul type="disc"><li><p> 51 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610582"></a> 52 <span class="emphasis"><em>UNIX File and Directory Permissions</em></span> 53 </p><p> 54<a class="indexterm" name="id2610599"></a> 55<a class="indexterm" name="id2610606"></a> 56<a class="indexterm" name="id2610613"></a> 57 Samba honors and implements UNIX file system access controls. Users 58 who access a Samba server will do so as a particular MS Windows user. 59 This information is passed to the Samba server as part of the logon or 60 connection setup process. Samba uses this user identity to validate 61 whether or not the user should be given access to file system resources 62 (files and directories). This chapter provides an overview for those 63 to whom the UNIX permissions and controls are a little strange or unknown. 64 </p></li><li><p> 65 <span class="emphasis"><em>Samba Share Definitions</em></span> 66 </p><p> 67<a class="indexterm" name="id2610641"></a> 68 In configuring share settings and controls in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file, 69 the network administrator can exercise overrides to native file 70 system permissions and behaviors. This can be handy and convenient 71 to effect behavior that is more like what MS Windows NT users expect, 72 but it is seldom the <span class="emphasis"><em>best</em></span> way to achieve this. 73 The basic options and techniques are described herein. 74 </p></li><li><p> 75 <span class="emphasis"><em>Samba Share ACLs</em></span> 76 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610673"></a> 77 </p><p> 78<a class="indexterm" name="id2610685"></a> 79 Just as it is possible in MS Windows NT to set ACLs on shares 80 themselves, so it is possible to do in Samba. 81 Few people make use of this facility, yet it remains one of the 82 easiest ways to affect access controls (restrictions) and can often 83 do so with minimum invasiveness compared with other methods. 84 </p></li><li><p> 85 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610703"></a> 86 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610712"></a> 87 <span class="emphasis"><em>MS Windows ACLs through UNIX POSIX ACLs</em></span> 88 </p><p> 89<a class="indexterm" name="id2610729"></a> 90 The use of POSIX ACLs on UNIX/Linux is possible only if the underlying 91 operating system supports them. If not, then this option will not be 92 available to you. Current UNIX technology platforms have native support 93 for POSIX ACLs. There are patches for the Linux kernel that also provide 94 this support. Sadly, few Linux platforms ship today with native ACLs and 95 extended attributes enabled. This chapter has pertinent information 96 for users of platforms that support them. 97 </p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2610748"></a>File System Access Controls</h2></div></div></div><p> 98Perhaps the most important recognition to be made is the simple fact that MS Windows NT4/200x/XP 99implement a totally divergent file system technology from what is provided in the UNIX operating system 100environment. First we consider what the most significant differences are, then we look 101at how Samba helps to bridge the differences. 102</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2610763"></a>MS Windows NTFS Comparison with UNIX File Systems</h3></div></div></div><p> 103 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610771"></a> 104 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610778"></a> 105 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610785"></a> 106 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610794"></a> 107 Samba operates on top of the UNIX file system. This means it is subject to UNIX file system conventions 108 and permissions. It also means that if the MS Windows networking environment requires file system 109 behavior, that differs from UNIX file system behavior then somehow Samba is responsible for emulating 110 that in a transparent and consistent manner. 111 </p><p> 112 It is good news that Samba does this to a large extent, and on top of that, provides a high degree 113 of optional configuration to override the default behavior. We look at some of these overrides, 114 but for the greater part we stay within the bounds of default behavior. Those wishing to explore 115 the depths of control ability should review the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> man page. 116 </p><p>The following compares file system features for UNIX with those of MS Windows NT/200x: 117 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610835"></a> 118 119 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Name Space</span></dt><dd><p> 120 MS Windows NT4/200x/XP file names may be up to 254 characters long, and UNIX file names 121 may be 1023 characters long. In MS Windows, file extensions indicate particular file types; 122 in UNIX this is not so rigorously observed because all names are considered arbitrary. 123 </p><p> 124 What MS Windows calls a folder, UNIX calls a directory. 125 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Case Sensitivity</span></dt><dd><p> 126 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610880"></a> 127 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610887"></a> 128 MS Windows file names are generally uppercase if made up of 8.3 (8-character file name 129 and 3 character extension. File names that are longer than 8.3 are case preserving and case 130 insensitive. 131 </p><p> 132 UNIX file and directory names are case sensitive and case preserving. Samba implements the 133 MS Windows file name behavior, but it does so as a user application. The UNIX file system 134 provides no mechanism to perform case-insensitive file name lookups. MS Windows does this 135 by default. This means that Samba has to carry the processing overhead to provide features 136 that are not native to the UNIX operating system environment. 137 </p><p> 138 Consider the following. All are unique UNIX names but one single MS Windows file name: 139 </p><pre class="screen"> 140 MYFILE.TXT 141 MyFile.txt 142 myfile.txt 143 </pre><p> 144 So clearly, in an MS Windows file namespace these three files cannot co-exist, but in UNIX 145 they can. 146 </p><p> 147 So what should Samba do if all three are present? That which is lexically first will be 148 accessible to MS Windows users; the others are invisible and unaccessible any 149 other solution would be suicidal. The Windows client will ask for a case-insensitive file 150 lookup, and that is the reason for which Samba must offer a consistent selection in the 151 event that the UNIX directory contains multiple files that would match a case insensitive 152 file listing. 153 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Directory Separators</span></dt><dd><p> 154 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610951"></a> 155 MS Windows and DOS use the backslash <code class="constant">\</code> as a directory delimiter, and UNIX uses 156 the forward-slash <code class="constant">/</code> as its directory delimiter. This is handled transparently by Samba. 157 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Drive Identification</span></dt><dd><p> 158 <a class="indexterm" name="id2610979"></a> 159 MS Windows products support a notion of drive letters, like <code class="literal">C:</code>, to represent 160 disk partitions. UNIX has no concept of separate identifiers for file partitions; each 161 such file system is mounted to become part of the overall directory tree. 162 The UNIX directory tree begins at <code class="constant">/</code> just as the root of a DOS drive is specified as 163 <code class="constant">C:\</code>. 164 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">File Naming Conventions</span></dt><dd><p> 165 <a class="indexterm" name="id2611016"></a> 166 MS Windows generally never experiences file names that begin with a dot (<code class="constant">.</code>), while in UNIX these 167 are commonly found in a user's home directory. Files that begin with a dot (<code class="constant">.</code>) are typically 168 startup files for various UNIX applications, or they may be files that contain 169 startup configuration data. 170 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Links and Short-Cuts</span></dt><dd><p> 171 <a class="indexterm" name="id2611046"></a> 172 <a class="indexterm" name="id2611056"></a> 173 <a class="indexterm" name="id2611065"></a> 174 MS Windows make use of <span class="emphasis"><em>links and shortcuts</em></span> that are actually special types of files that will 175 redirect an attempt to execute the file to the real location of the file. UNIX knows of file and directory 176 links, but they are entirely different from what MS Windows users are used to. 177 </p><p> 178 Symbolic links are files in UNIX that contain the actual location of the data (file or directory). An 179 operation (like read or write) will operate directly on the file referenced. Symbolic links are also 180 referred to as “<span class="quote">soft links.</span>” A hard link is something that MS Windows is not familiar with. It allows 181 one physical file to be known simultaneously by more than one file name. 182 </p></dd></dl></div><p> 183 There are many other subtle differences that may cause the MS Windows administrator some temporary discomfort 184 in the process of becoming familiar with UNIX/Linux. These are best left for a text that is dedicated to the 185 purpose of UNIX/Linux training and education. 186 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2611105"></a>Managing Directories</h3></div></div></div><p> 187<a class="indexterm" name="id2611113"></a> 188<a class="indexterm" name="id2611120"></a> 189<a class="indexterm" name="id2611127"></a> 190 There are three basic operations for managing directories: <code class="literal">create</code>, <code class="literal">delete</code>, 191 <code class="literal">rename</code>. <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#TOSH-Accesstbl" title="Table�16.1.�Managing Directories with UNIX and Windows">Managing Directories with UNIX and 192 Windows</a> compares the commands in Windows and UNIX that implement these operations. 193 </p><div class="table"><a name="TOSH-Accesstbl"></a><p class="title"><b>Table�16.1.�Managing Directories with UNIX and Windows</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Managing Directories with UNIX and Windows" border="1"><colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Action</th><th align="center">MS Windows Command</th><th align="center">UNIX Command</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">create</td><td align="center">md folder</td><td align="center">mkdir folder</td></tr><tr><td align="center">delete</td><td align="center">rd folder</td><td align="center">rmdir folder</td></tr><tr><td align="center">rename</td><td align="center">rename oldname newname</td><td align="center">mv oldname newname</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2611229"></a>File and Directory Access Control</h3></div></div></div><p> 194 <a class="indexterm" name="id2611237"></a> 195<a class="indexterm" name="id2611246"></a> 196<a class="indexterm" name="id2611253"></a> 197 The network administrator is strongly advised to read basic UNIX training manuals and reference materials 198 regarding file and directory permissions maintenance. Much can be achieved with the basic UNIX permissions 199 without having to resort to more complex facilities like POSIX ACLs or extended attributes (EAs). 200 </p><p> 201 UNIX/Linux file and directory access permissions involves setting three primary sets of data and one control set. 202 A UNIX file listing looks as follows: 203</p><pre class="screen"> 204<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>ls -la</code></strong> 205total 632 206drwxr-xr-x 13 maryo gnomes 816 2003-05-12 22:56 . 207drwxrwxr-x 37 maryo gnomes 3800 2003-05-12 22:29 .. 208dr-xr-xr-x 2 maryo gnomes 48 2003-05-12 22:29 muchado02 209drwxrwxrwx 2 maryo gnomes 48 2003-05-12 22:29 muchado03 210drw-rw-rw- 2 maryo gnomes 48 2003-05-12 22:29 muchado04 211d-w--w--w- 2 maryo gnomes 48 2003-05-12 22:29 muchado05 212dr--r--r-- 2 maryo gnomes 48 2003-05-12 22:29 muchado06 213drwsrwsrwx 2 maryo gnomes 48 2003-05-12 22:29 muchado08 214---------- 1 maryo gnomes 1242 2003-05-12 22:31 mydata00.lst 215--w--w--w- 1 maryo gnomes 7754 2003-05-12 22:33 mydata02.lst 216-r--r--r-- 1 maryo gnomes 21017 2003-05-12 22:32 mydata04.lst 217-rw-rw-rw- 1 maryo gnomes 41105 2003-05-12 22:32 mydata06.lst 218<code class="prompt">$ </code> 219</pre><p> 220 </p><p> 221 The columns represent (from left to right) permissions, number of hard links to file, owner, group, size 222 (bytes), access date, time of last modification, and file name. 223 </p><p> 224 An overview of the permissions field is shown in <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#access1" title="Figure�16.1.�Overview of UNIX permissions field.">Overview of UNIX permissions 225 field</a>. 226 </p><div class="figure"><a name="access1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure�16.1.�Overview of UNIX permissions field.</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/access1.png" width="216" alt="Overview of UNIX permissions field."></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p> 227 Any bit flag may be unset. An unset bit flag is the equivalent of "cannot" and is represented 228 as a “<span class="quote">-</span>” character (see <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#access2" title="Example�16.1.�Example File">“Example File”</a>) 229<a class="indexterm" name="id2611381"></a> 230<a class="indexterm" name="id2611388"></a> 231<a class="indexterm" name="id2611395"></a> 232<a class="indexterm" name="id2611402"></a> 233<a class="indexterm" name="id2611408"></a> 234<a class="indexterm" name="id2611415"></a> 235 </p><div class="example"><a name="access2"></a><p class="title"><b>Example�16.1.�Example File</b></p><div class="example-contents"><pre class="programlisting"> 236-rwxr-x--- Means: 237 ^^^ The owner (user) can read, write, execute 238 ^^^ the group can read and execute 239 ^^^ everyone else cannot do anything with it. 240</pre></div></div><br class="example-break"><p> 241<a class="indexterm" name="id2611445"></a> 242<a class="indexterm" name="id2611452"></a> 243<a class="indexterm" name="id2611458"></a> 244<a class="indexterm" name="id2611465"></a> 245 Additional possibilities in the [type] field are c = character device, b = block device, p = pipe device, 246 s = UNIX Domain Socket. 247 </p><p> 248<a class="indexterm" name="id2611478"></a> 249<a class="indexterm" name="id2611485"></a> 250<a class="indexterm" name="id2611491"></a> 251<a class="indexterm" name="id2611498"></a> 252<a class="indexterm" name="id2611505"></a> 253 The letters <code class="constant">rwxXst</code> set permissions for the user, group, and others as read (r), write (w), 254 execute (or access for directories) (x), execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute 255 permission for some user (X), set user (SUID) or group ID (SGID) on execution (s), sticky (t). 256 </p><p> 257<a class="indexterm" name="id2611524"></a> 258<a class="indexterm" name="id2611530"></a> 259<a class="indexterm" name="id2611537"></a> 260<a class="indexterm" name="id2611544"></a> 261 When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may be unlinked (deleted) or renamed only by root or their owner. 262 Without the sticky bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename files. The sticky bit is commonly found on 263 directories, such as <code class="filename">/tmp</code>, that are world-writable. 264 </p><p> 265<a class="indexterm" name="id2611566"></a> 266<a class="indexterm" name="id2611572"></a> 267<a class="indexterm" name="id2611579"></a> 268<a class="indexterm" name="id2611586"></a> 269<a class="indexterm" name="id2611595"></a> 270 When the set user or group ID bit (s) is set on a directory, then all files created within it will be owned by the user and/or 271 group whose `set user or group' bit is set. This can be helpful in setting up directories for which it is desired that 272 all users who are in a group should be able to write to and read from a file, particularly when it is undesirable for that file 273 to be exclusively owned by a user whose primary group is not the group that all such users belong to. 274 </p><p> 275 When a directory is set <code class="constant">d-wx--x---</code>, the owner can read and create (write) files in it, but because 276 the (r) read flags are not set, files cannot be listed (seen) in the directory by anyone. The group can read files in the 277 directory but cannot create new files. If files in the directory are set to be readable and writable for the group, then 278 group members will be able to write to (or delete) them. 279 </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2611627"></a>Protecting Directories and Files from Deletion</h4></div></div></div><p> 280<a class="indexterm" name="id2611636"></a> 281<a class="indexterm" name="id2611643"></a> 282<a class="indexterm" name="id2611650"></a> 283<a class="indexterm" name="id2611657"></a> 284 People have asked on the Samba mailing list how is it possible to protect files or directories from deletion by users. 285 For example, Windows NT/2K/XP provides the capacity to set access controls on a directory into which people can 286 write files but not delete them. It is possible to set an ACL on a Windows file that permits the file to be written to 287 but not deleted. Such concepts are foreign to the UNIX operating system file space. Within the UNIX file system 288 anyone who has the ability to create a file can write to it. Anyone who has write permission on the 289 directory that contains a file and has write permission for it has the capability to delete it. 290 </p><p> 291<a class="indexterm" name="id2611678"></a> 292<a class="indexterm" name="id2611685"></a> 293<a class="indexterm" name="id2611692"></a> 294 For the record, in the UNIX environment the ability to delete a file is controlled by the permissions on 295 the directory that the file is in. In other words, a user can delete a file in a directory to which that 296 user has write access, even if that user does not own the file. 297 </p><p> 298<a class="indexterm" name="id2611707"></a> 299<a class="indexterm" name="id2611714"></a> 300<a class="indexterm" name="id2611721"></a> 301<a class="indexterm" name="id2611728"></a> 302 Of necessity, Samba is subject to the file system semantics of the host operating system. Samba is therefore 303 limited in the file system capabilities that can be made available through Windows ACLs, and therefore performs 304 a "best fit" translation to POSIX ACLs. Some UNIX file systems do, however support, a feature known 305 as extended attributes. Only the Windows concept of <span class="emphasis"><em>inheritance</em></span> is implemented by Samba through 306 the appropriate extended attribute. 307 </p><p> 308<a class="indexterm" name="id2611756"></a> 309<a class="indexterm" name="id2611763"></a> 310<a class="indexterm" name="id2611770"></a> 311<a class="indexterm" name="id2611776"></a> 312 The specific semantics of the extended attributes are not consistent across UNIX and UNIX-like systems such as Linux. 313 For example, it is possible on some implementations of the extended attributes to set a flag that prevents the directory 314 or file from being deleted. The extended attribute that may achieve this is called the <code class="constant">immutible</code> bit. 315 Unfortunately, the implementation of the immutible flag is NOT consistent with published documentation. For example, the 316 man page for the <code class="literal">chattr</code> on SUSE Linux 9.2 says: 317</p><pre class="screen"> 318A file with the i attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be deleted 319or renamed, no link can be created to this file and no data can be 320written to the file. Only the superuser or a process possessing the 321CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can set or clear this attribute. 322</pre><p> 323 A simple test can be done to check if the immutible flag is supported on files in the file system of the Samba host 324 server. 325 </p><div class="procedure"><a name="id2611815"></a><p class="title"><b>Procedure�16.1.�Test for File Immutibility Support</b></p><ol type="1"><li><p> 326 Create a file called <code class="filename">filename</code>. 327 </p></li><li><p> 328 Login as the <code class="constant">root</code> user, then set the immutibile flag on a test file as follows: 329</p><pre class="screen"> 330<code class="prompt">root# </code> chattr +i `filename' 331</pre><p> 332 </p></li><li><p> 333 Login as the user who owns the file (not root) and attempt to remove the file as follows: 334</p><pre class="screen"> 335mystic:/home/hannibal > rm filename 336</pre><p> 337 It will not be possible to delete the file if the immutible flag is correctly honored. 338 </p></li></ol></div><p> 339 On operating systems and file system types that support the immutible bit, it is possible to create directories 340 that cannot be deleted. Check the man page on your particular host system to determine whether or not 341 immutable directories are writable. If they are not, then the entire directory and its contents will effectively 342 be protected from writing (file creation also) and deletion. 343 </p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2611888"></a>Share Definition Access Controls</h2></div></div></div><p> 344 <a class="indexterm" name="id2611896"></a> 345 The following parameters in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file sections define a share control or affect access controls. 346 Before using any of the following options, please refer to the man page for <code class="filename">smb.conf</code>. 347 </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2611921"></a>User- and Group-Based Controls</h3></div></div></div><p> 348 User- and group-based controls can prove quite useful. In some situations it is distinctly desirable to 349 force all file system operations as if a single user were doing so. The use of the 350 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEUSER" target="_top">force user</a> and <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEGROUP" target="_top">force group</a> behavior will achieve this. 351 In other situations it may be necessary to use a paranoia level of control to ensure that only particular 352 authorized persons will be able to access a share or its contents. Here the use of the 353 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VALIDUSERS" target="_top">valid users</a> or the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#INVALIDUSERS" target="_top">invalid users</a> parameter may be useful. 354 </p><p> 355 As always, it is highly advisable to use the easiest to maintain and the least ambiguous method for 356 controlling access. Remember, when you leave the scene, someone else will need to provide assistance, and 357 if he or she finds too great a mess or does not understand what you have done, there is risk of 358 Samba being removed and an alternative solution being adopted. 359 </p><p> 360 <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#ugbc" title="Table�16.2.�User- and Group-Based Controls">User and Group Based Controls</a> enumerates these controls. 361 </p><div class="table"><a name="ugbc"></a><p class="title"><b>Table�16.2.�User- and Group-Based Controls</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="User- and Group-Based Controls" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Control Parameter</th><th align="center">Description, Action, Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#ADMINUSERS" target="_top">admin users</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 362 List of users who will be granted administrative privileges on the share. 363 They will do all file operations as the superuser (root). 364 Users in this list will be able to do anything they like on the share, 365 irrespective of file permissions. 366 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEGROUP" target="_top">force group</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 367 Specifies a UNIX group name that will be assigned as the default primary group 368 for all users connecting to this service. 369 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEUSER" target="_top">force user</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 370 Specifies a UNIX username that will be assigned as the default user for all users connecting to this service. 371 This is useful for sharing files. Incorrect use can cause security problems. 372 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#GUESTOK" target="_top">guest ok</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 373 If this parameter is set for a service, then no password is required to connect to the service. Privileges will be 374 those of the guest account. 375 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#INVALIDUSERS" target="_top">invalid users</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 376 List of users that should not be allowed to login to this service. 377 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#ONLYUSER" target="_top">only user</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 378 Controls whether connections with usernames not in the user list will be allowed. 379 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#READLIST" target="_top">read list</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 380 List of users that are given read-only access to a service. Users in this list 381 will not be given write access, no matter what the read-only option is set to. 382 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#USERNAME" target="_top">username</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 383 Refer to the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> man page for more information; this is a complex and potentially misused parameter. 384 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VALIDUSERS" target="_top">valid users</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 385 List of users that should be allowed to login to this service. 386 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#WRITELIST" target="_top">write list</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 387 List of users that are given read-write access to a service. 388 </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2612289"></a>File and Directory Permissions-Based Controls</h3></div></div></div><p> 389 Directory permission-based controls, if misused, can result in considerable difficulty in diagnosing the causes of 390 misconfiguration. Use them sparingly and carefully. By gradually introducing each, one at a time, undesirable side 391 effects may be detected. In the event of a problem, always comment all of them out and then gradually reintroduce 392 them in a controlled way. 393 </p><p> 394 Refer to <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#fdpbc" title="Table�16.3.�File and Directory Permission-Based Controls">File and Directory Permission Based Controls</a> for information 395 regarding the parameters that may be used to set file and directory permission-based access controls. 396 </p><div class="table"><a name="fdpbc"></a><p class="title"><b>Table�16.3.�File and Directory Permission-Based Controls</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="File and Directory Permission-Based Controls" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="justify"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Control Parameter</th><th align="center">Description, Action, Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#CREATEMASK" target="_top">create mask</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 397 Refer to the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> man page. 398 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DIRECTORYMASK" target="_top">directory mask</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 399 The octal modes used when converting DOS modes to UNIX modes when creating UNIX directories. 400 See also directory security mask. 401 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DOSFILEMODE" target="_top">dos filemode</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 402 Enabling this parameter allows a user who has write access to the file to modify the permissions on it. 403 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCECREATEMODE" target="_top">force create mode</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 404 This parameter specifies a set of UNIX-mode bit permissions that will always be set on a file created by Samba. 405 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEDIRECTORYMODE" target="_top">force directory mode</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 406 This parameter specifies a set of UNIX-mode bit permissions that will always be set on a directory created by Samba. 407 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEDIRECTORYSECURITYMODE" target="_top">force directory security mode</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 408 Controls UNIX permission bits modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating UNIX permissions on a directory. 409 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCESECURITYMODE" target="_top">force security mode</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 410 Controls UNIX permission bits modified when a Windows NT client manipulates UNIX permissions. 411 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#HIDEUNREADABLE" target="_top">hide unreadable</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 412 Prevents clients from seeing the existence of files that cannot be read. 413 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#HIDEUNWRITEABLEFILES" target="_top">hide unwriteable files</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 414 Prevents clients from seeing the existence of files that cannot be written to. Unwritable directories are shown as usual. 415 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#NTACLSUPPORT" target="_top">nt acl support</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 416 This parameter controls whether smbd will attempt to map UNIX permissions into Windows NT ACLs. 417 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" target="_top">security mask</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 418 Controls UNIX permission bits modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX permissions on a file. 419 </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2612626"></a>Miscellaneous Controls</h3></div></div></div><p> 420 The parameters documented in <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#mcoc" title="Table�16.4.�Other Controls">Other Controls</a> are often used by administrators 421 in ways that create inadvertent barriers to file access. Such are the consequences of not understanding the 422 full implications of <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file settings. 423 </p><div class="table"><a name="mcoc"></a><p class="title"><b>Table�16.4.�Other Controls</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Other Controls" border="1"><colgroup><col align="justify"><col align="justify"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Control Parameter</th><th align="center">Description, Action, Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="justify"> 424 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#CASESENSITIVE" target="_top">case sensitive</a>, 425 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DEFAULTCASE" target="_top">default case</a>, 426 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#SHORTPRESERVECASE" target="_top">short preserve case</a> 427 </td><td align="justify"><p> 428 This means that all file name lookup will be done in a case-sensitive manner. 429 Files will be created with the precise file name Samba received from the MS Windows client. 430 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#CSCPOLICY" target="_top">csc policy</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 431 Client-side caching policy parallels MS Windows client-side file caching capabilities. 432 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DONTDESCEND" target="_top">dont descend</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 433 Allows specifying a comma-delimited list of directories that the server should always show as empty. 434 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DOSFILETIMERESOLUTION" target="_top">dos filetime resolution</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 435 This option is mainly used as a compatibility option for Visual C++ when used against Samba shares. 436 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DOSFILETIMES" target="_top">dos filetimes</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 437 DOS and Windows allow users to change file timestamps if they can write to the file. POSIX semantics prevent this. 438 This option allows DOS and Windows behavior. 439 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FAKEOPLOCKS" target="_top">fake oplocks</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 440 Oplocks are the way that SMB clients get permission from a server to locally cache file operations. If a server grants an 441 oplock, the client is free to assume that it is the only one accessing the file, and it will aggressively cache file data. 442 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"> 443 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#HIDEDOTFILES" target="_top">hide dot files</a>, 444 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#HIDEFILES" target="_top">hide files</a>, 445 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VETOFILES" target="_top">veto files</a> 446 </td><td align="justify"><p> 447 Note: MS Windows Explorer allows override of files marked as hidden so they will still be visible. 448 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#READONLY" target="_top">read only</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 449 If this parameter is yes, then users of a service may not create or modify files in the service's directory. 450 </p></td></tr><tr><td align="justify"><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#VETOFILES" target="_top">veto files</a></td><td align="justify"><p> 451 List of files and directories that are neither visible nor accessible. 452 </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2612964"></a>Access Controls on Shares</h2></div></div></div><p> 453<a class="indexterm" name="id2612972"></a> 454<a class="indexterm" name="id2612978"></a> 455<a class="indexterm" name="id2612986"></a> 456<a class="indexterm" name="id2612993"></a> 457 <a class="indexterm" name="id2613000"></a> 458 This section deals with how to configure Samba per-share access control restrictions. 459 By default, Samba sets no restrictions on the share itself. Restrictions on the share itself 460 can be set on MS Windows NT4/200x/XP shares. This can be an effective way to limit who can 461 connect to a share. In the absence of specific restrictions, the default setting is to allow 462 the global user <code class="constant">Everyone - Full Control</code> (full control, change and read). 463 </p><p> 464<a class="indexterm" name="id2613023"></a> 465<a class="indexterm" name="id2613030"></a> 466<a class="indexterm" name="id2613036"></a> 467 At this time Samba does not provide a tool for configuring access control settings on the share 468 itself the only way to create those settings is to use either the NT4 Server Manager or the Windows 200x 469 Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for Computer Management. There are currently no plans to provide 470 this capability in the Samba command-line tool set. 471 </p><p> 472<a class="indexterm" name="id2613053"></a> 473<a class="indexterm" name="id2613060"></a> 474<a class="indexterm" name="id2613067"></a> 475<a class="indexterm" name="id2613073"></a> 476 Samba stores the per-share access control settings in a file called <code class="filename">share_info.tdb</code>. 477 The location of this file on your system will depend on how Samba was compiled. The default location 478 for Samba's tdb files is under <code class="filename">/usr/local/samba/var</code>. If the <code class="filename">tdbdump</code> 479 utility has been compiled and installed on your system, then you can examine the contents of this file 480 by executing <code class="literal">tdbdump share_info.tdb</code> in the directory containing the tdb files. 481 </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2613112"></a>Share Permissions Management</h3></div></div></div><p> 482 The best tool for share permissions management is platform-dependent. Choose the best tool for your environment. 483 </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2613123"></a>Windows NT4 Workstation/Server</h4></div></div></div><p> 484<a class="indexterm" name="id2613131"></a> 485<a class="indexterm" name="id2613138"></a> 486<a class="indexterm" name="id2613145"></a> 487<a class="indexterm" name="id2613152"></a> 488 The tool you need to manage share permissions on a Samba server from a Windows NT4 Workstation or Server 489 is the NT Server Manager. Server Manager is shipped with Windows NT4 Server products but not with Windows 490 NT4 Workstation. You can obtain the NT Server Manager for MS Windows NT4 Workstation from the Microsoft 491 web site <a class="ulink" href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;173673" target="_top">support</a> section. 492 </p><div class="procedure"><a name="id2613173"></a><p class="title"><b>Procedure�16.2.�Instructions</b></p><ol type="1"><li><p> 493 Launch the <span class="application">NT4 Server Manager</span> and click on the Samba server you want to 494 administer. From the menu select <span class="guimenu">Computer</span>, then click on 495 <span class="guimenuitem">Shared Directories</span>. 496 </p></li><li><p> 497 Click on the share that you wish to manage and click the <span class="guilabel">Properties</span> tab, then click 498 the <span class="guilabel">Permissions</span> tab. Now you can add or change access control settings as you wish. 499 </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2613228"></a>Windows 200x/XP</h4></div></div></div><p> 500<a class="indexterm" name="id2613236"></a> 501<a class="indexterm" name="id2613243"></a> 502<a class="indexterm" name="id2613250"></a> 503<a class="indexterm" name="id2613257"></a> 504 On <span class="application">MS Windows NT4/200x/XP</span> systems, ACLs on the share itself are set using 505 tools like the MS Explorer. For example, in Windows 200x, right-click on the shared folder, 506 then select <span class="guimenuitem">Sharing</span>, then click on <span class="guilabel">Permissions</span>. The default 507 Windows NT4/200x permissions allow the group "Everyone" full control on the share. 508 </p><p> 509<a class="indexterm" name="id2613290"></a> 510<a class="indexterm" name="id2613297"></a> 511<a class="indexterm" name="id2613303"></a> 512 MS Windows 200x and later versions come with a tool called the <span class="application">Computer Management</span> 513 snap-in for the MMC. This tool can be accessed via <span class="guimenu">Control Panel -> 514 Administrative Tools -> Computer Management</span>. 515 </p><div class="procedure"><a name="id2613327"></a><p class="title"><b>Procedure�16.3.�Instructions</b></p><ol type="1"><li><p> 516 After launching the MMC with the Computer Management snap-in, click the menu item <span class="guimenuitem">Action</span> 517 and select <span class="guilabel">Connect to another computer</span>. If you are not logged onto a domain you will be prompted 518 to enter a domain login user identifier and a password. This will authenticate you to the domain. 519 If you are already logged in with administrative privilege, this step is not offered. 520 </p></li><li><p> 521 If the Samba server is not shown in the <span class="guilabel">Select Computer</span> box, type in the name of the target 522 Samba server in the field <span class="guilabel">Name:</span>. Now click the on <span class="guibutton">[+]</span> next to 523 <span class="guilabel">System Tools</span>, then on the <span class="guibutton">[+]</span> next to 524 <span class="guilabel">Shared Folders</span> in the left panel. 525 </p></li><li><p> 526<a class="indexterm" name="id2613408"></a> 527 In the right panel, double-click on the share on which you wish to set access control permissions. 528 Then click the tab <span class="guilabel">Share Permissions</span>. It is now possible to add access control entities 529 to the shared folder. Remember to set what type of access (full control, change, read) you 530 wish to assign for each entry. 531 </p></li></ol></div><div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p> 532 Be careful. If you take away all permissions from the <code class="constant">Everyone</code> user without removing 533 this user, effectively no user will be able to access the share. This is a result of what is known as 534 ACL precedence. Everyone with <span class="emphasis"><em>no access</em></span> means that <code class="constant">MaryK</code> who is 535 part of the group <code class="constant">Everyone</code> will have no access even if she is given explicit full 536 control access. 537 </p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2613459"></a>MS Windows Access Control Lists and UNIX Interoperability</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2613465"></a>Managing UNIX Permissions Using NT Security Dialogs</h3></div></div></div><p> 538 <a class="indexterm" name="id2613474"></a> 539 Windows NT clients can use their native security settings dialog box to view and modify the 540 underlying UNIX permissions. 541 </p><p> 542 This ability is careful not to compromise the security of the UNIX host on which Samba is running and 543 still obeys all the file permission rules that a Samba administrator can set. 544 </p><p> 545 Samba does not attempt to go beyond POSIX ACLs, so the various finer-grained access control 546 options provided in Windows are actually ignored. 547 </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> 548 All access to UNIX/Linux system files via Samba is controlled by the operating system file access controls. 549 When trying to figure out file access problems, it is vitally important to find the identity of the Windows 550 user as it is presented by Samba at the point of file access. This can best be determined from the 551 Samba log files. 552 </p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2613512"></a>Viewing File Security on a Samba Share</h3></div></div></div><p> 553 From an NT4/2000/XP client, right-click on any file or directory in a Samba-mounted drive letter 554 or UNC path. When the menu pops up, click on the <span class="guilabel">Properties</span> entry at the bottom 555 of the menu. This brings up the file <code class="constant">Properties</code> dialog box. Click on the 556 <span class="guilabel">Security</span> tab and you will see three buttons: <span class="guibutton">Permissions</span>, 557 <span class="guibutton">Auditing</span>, and <span class="guibutton">Ownership</span>. The <span class="guibutton">Auditing</span> 558 button will cause either an error message <span class="errorname">"A requested privilege is not held by the client"</span> 559 to appear if the user is not the NT administrator, or a dialog intended to allow an administrator 560 to add auditing requirements to a file if the user is logged on as the NT administrator. This dialog is 561 nonfunctional with a Samba share at this time, because the only useful button, the <span class="guibutton">Add</span> 562 button, will not currently allow a list of users to be seen. 563 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2613583"></a>Viewing File Ownership</h3></div></div></div><p> 564 Clicking on the <span class="guibutton">Ownership</span> button brings up a dialog box telling you who owns 565 the given file. The owner name will be displayed like this: 566 </p><pre class="screen"> 567 <code class="constant">SERVER\user (Long name)</code> 568 </pre><p> 569 <em class="replaceable"><code>SERVER</code></em> is the NetBIOS name of the Samba server, <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em> 570 is the username of the UNIX user who owns the file, and <em class="replaceable"><code>(Long name)</code></em> is the 571 descriptive string identifying the user (normally found in the GECOS field of the UNIX password database). 572 Click on the <span class="guibutton">Close</span> button to remove this dialog. 573 </p><p> 574 If the parameter <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#NTACLSUPPORT" target="_top">nt acl support</a> is set to <code class="constant">false</code>, 575 the file owner will be shown as the NT user <span class="emphasis"><em>Everyone</em></span>. 576 </p><p> 577<a class="indexterm" name="id2613657"></a> 578 The <span class="guibutton">Take Ownership</span> button will not allow you to change the ownership of this file to 579 yourself (clicking it will display a dialog box complaining that the user as whom you are currently logged onto 580 the NT client cannot be found). The reason for this is that changing the ownership of a file is a privileged 581 operation in UNIX, available only to the <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> user. Because clicking on this button causes 582 NT to attempt to change the ownership of a file to the current user logged into the NT client, this will 583 not work with Samba at this time. 584 </p><p> 585<a class="indexterm" name="id2613686"></a> 586<a class="indexterm" name="id2613692"></a> 587<a class="indexterm" name="id2613699"></a> 588 There is an NT <code class="literal">chown</code> command that will work with Samba and allow a user with administrator 589 privilege connected to a Samba server as root to change the ownership of files on both a local NTFS file system 590 or remote mounted NTFS or Samba drive. This is available as part of the <span class="application">Seclib</span> NT 591 security library written by Jeremy Allison of the Samba Team and is downloadable from the main Samba FTP site. 592 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2613726"></a>Viewing File or Directory Permissions</h3></div></div></div><p> 593 The third button is the <span class="guibutton">Permissions</span> button. Clicking on it brings up a dialog box 594 that shows both the permissions and the UNIX owner of the file or directory. The owner is displayed like this: 595 </p><p><code class="literal"><em class="replaceable"><code>SERVER</code></em>\ 596 <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em> 597 <em class="replaceable"><code>(Long name)</code></em></code></p><p><em class="replaceable"><code>SERVER</code></em> is the NetBIOS name of the Samba server, 598 <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em> is the username of the UNIX user who owns the file, and 599 <em class="replaceable"><code>(Long name)</code></em> is the descriptive string identifying the user (normally found in the 600 GECOS field of the UNIX password database).</p><p> 601 If the parameter <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#NTACLSUPPORT" target="_top">nt acl support</a> is set to <code class="constant">false</code>, 602 the file owner will be shown as the NT user <code class="constant">Everyone</code>, and the permissions will be 603 shown as NT <span class="emphasis"><em>Full Control</em></span>. 604 </p><p> 605 The permissions field is displayed differently for files and directories. Both are discussed next. 606 </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2613810"></a>File Permissions</h4></div></div></div><p> 607 The standard UNIX user/group/world triplet and the corresponding <code class="constant">read, write, 608 execute</code> permissions triplets are mapped by Samba into a three-element NT ACL with the 609 “<span class="quote">r</span>”, “<span class="quote">w</span>”, and “<span class="quote">x</span>” bits mapped into the corresponding NT 610 permissions. The UNIX world permissions are mapped into the global NT group <code class="constant">Everyone</code>, followed 611 by the list of permissions allowed for the UNIX world. The UNIX owner and group permissions are displayed as an NT 612 <span class="guiicon">user</span> icon and an NT <span class="guiicon">local group</span> icon, respectively, followed by the list 613 of permissions allowed for the UNIX user and group. 614 </p><p> 615 Because many UNIX permission sets do not map into common NT names such as <code class="constant">read</code>, 616 <code class="constant">change</code>, or <code class="constant">full control</code>, usually the permissions will be prefixed 617 by the words <code class="constant">Special Access</code> in the NT display list. 618 </p><p> 619 But what happens if the file has no permissions allowed for a particular UNIX user group or world component? 620 In order to allow <span class="emphasis"><em>no permissions</em></span> to be seen and modified, Samba then overloads the NT 621 <code class="constant">Take Ownership</code> ACL attribute (which has no meaning in UNIX) and reports a component with 622 no permissions as having the NT <code class="literal">O</code> bit set. This was chosen, of course, to make it look 623 like a zero, meaning zero permissions. More details on the decision behind this action are given below. 624 </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2613904"></a>Directory Permissions</h4></div></div></div><p> 625 Directories on an NT NTFS file system have two different sets of permissions. The first set is the ACL set on the 626 directory itself, which is usually displayed in the first set of parentheses in the normal <code class="constant">RW</code> 627 NT style. This first set of permissions is created by Samba in exactly the same way as normal file permissions are, described 628 above, and is displayed in the same way. 629 </p><p> 630 The second set of directory permissions has no real meaning in the UNIX permissions world and represents the <code class="constant"> 631 inherited</code> permissions that any file created within this directory would inherit. 632 </p><p> 633 Samba synthesizes these inherited permissions for NT by returning as an NT ACL the UNIX permission mode that a new file 634 created by Samba on this share would receive. 635 </p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2613942"></a>Modifying File or Directory Permissions</h3></div></div></div><p> 636 Modifying file and directory permissions is as simple as changing the displayed permissions in the dialog box 637 and clicking on <span class="guibutton">OK</span>. However, there are limitations that a user needs to be aware of, 638 and also interactions with the standard Samba permission masks and mapping of DOS attributes that also need to 639 be taken into account. 640 </p><p> 641 If the parameter <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#NTACLSUPPORT" target="_top">nt acl support</a> is set to <code class="constant">false</code>, any attempt to 642 set security permissions will fail with an <span class="errorname">"Access Denied" </span> message. 643 </p><p> 644 The first thing to note is that the <span class="guibutton">Add</span> button will not return a list of users in Samba 645 (it will give an error message saying <span class="errorname">"The remote procedure call failed and did not 646 execute"</span>). This means that you can only manipulate the current user/group/world permissions listed 647 in the dialog box. This actually works quite well because these are the only permissions that UNIX actually 648 has. 649 </p><p> 650 If a permission triplet (either user, group, or world) is removed from the list of permissions in the NT 651 dialog box, then when the <span class="guibutton">OK</span> button is pressed, it will be applied as <span class="emphasis"><em>no 652 permissions</em></span> on the UNIX side. If you view the permissions again, the <span class="emphasis"><em>no 653 permissions</em></span> entry will appear as the NT <code class="literal">O</code> flag, as described above. This allows 654 you to add permissions back to a file or directory once you have removed them from a triplet component. 655 </p><p> 656 Because UNIX supports only the “<span class="quote">r</span>”, “<span class="quote">w</span>”, and “<span class="quote">x</span>” bits of an NT ACL, if 657 other NT security attributes such as <code class="constant">Delete Access</code> are selected, they will be ignored 658 when applied on the Samba server. 659 </p><p> 660 When setting permissions on a directory, the second set of permissions (in the second set of parentheses) is 661 by default applied to all files within that directory. If this is not what you want, you must uncheck the 662 <span class="guilabel">Replace permissions on existing files</span> checkbox in the NT dialog before clicking on 663 <span class="guibutton">OK</span>. 664 </p><p> 665 If you wish to remove all permissions from a user/group/world component, you may either highlight the 666 component and click on the <span class="guibutton">Remove</span> button or set the component to only have the special 667 <code class="constant">Take Ownership</code> permission (displayed as <code class="literal">O</code>) highlighted. 668 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2614099"></a>Interaction with the Standard Samba “<span class="quote">create mask</span>” Parameters</h3></div></div></div><p>There are four parameters that control interaction with the standard Samba <em class="parameter"><code>create mask</code></em> parameters: 669 670 671 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" target="_top">security mask</a></p></li><li><p><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCESECURITYMODE" target="_top">force security mode</a></p></li><li><p><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DIRECTORYSECURITYMASK" target="_top">directory security mask</a></p></li><li><p><a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEDIRECTORYSECURITYMODE" target="_top">force directory security mode</a></p></li></ul></div><p> 672 673 </p><p> 674 When a user clicks on <span class="guibutton">OK</span> to apply the 675 permissions, Samba maps the given permissions into a user/group/world 676 r/w/x triplet set, and then checks the changed permissions for a 677 file against the bits set in the 678 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" target="_top">security mask</a> parameter. Any bits that 679 were changed that are not set to <span class="emphasis"><em>1</em></span> in this parameter are left alone 680 in the file permissions.</p><p> 681 Essentially, zero bits in the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" target="_top">security mask</a> 682 may be treated as a set of bits the user is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> 683 allowed to change, and one bits are those the user is allowed to change. 684 </p><p> 685 If not explicitly set, this parameter defaults to the same value as 686 the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#CREATEMASK" target="_top">create mask</a> parameter. To allow a user to modify all the 687 user/group/world permissions on a file, set this parameter to 0777. 688 </p><p> 689 Next Samba checks the changed permissions for a file against the bits set in the 690 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCESECURITYMODE" target="_top">force security mode</a> parameter. Any bits 691 that were changed that correspond to bits set to <span class="emphasis"><em>1</em></span> in this parameter 692 are forced to be set.</p><p> 693 Essentially, bits set in the <em class="parameter"><code>force security mode</code></em> parameter 694 may be treated as a set of bits that, when modifying security on a file, the user 695 has always set to be <span class="emphasis"><em>on</em></span>.</p><p> 696 If not explicitly set, this parameter defaults to the same value 697 as the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCECREATEMODE" target="_top">force create mode</a> parameter. 698 To allow a user to modify all the user/group/world permissions on a file 699 with no restrictions, set this parameter to 000. The 700 <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" target="_top">security mask</a> and <em class="parameter"><code>force 701 security mode</code></em> parameters are applied to the change 702 request in that order.</p><p> 703 For a directory, Samba performs the same operations as 704 described above for a file except it uses the parameter <em class="parameter"><code> 705 directory security mask</code></em> instead of <em class="parameter"><code>security 706 mask</code></em>, and <em class="parameter"><code>force directory security mode 707 </code></em> parameter instead of <em class="parameter"><code>force security mode 708 </code></em>.</p><p> 709 The <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#DIRECTORYSECURITYMASK" target="_top">directory security mask</a> parameter 710 by default is set to the same value as the <em class="parameter"><code>directory mask 711 </code></em> parameter and the <em class="parameter"><code>force directory security 712 mode</code></em> parameter by default is set to the same value as 713 the <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEDIRECTORYMODE" target="_top">force directory mode</a> parameter. 714 In this way Samba enforces the permission restrictions that 715 an administrator can set on a Samba share, while still allowing users 716 to modify the permission bits within that restriction.</p><p> 717 If you want to set up a share that allows users full control 718 in modifying the permission bits on their files and directories and 719 does not force any particular bits to be set <span class="emphasis"><em>on</em></span>, 720 then set the following parameters in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file in that 721 share-specific section: 722 </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614420"></a><em class="parameter"><code>security mask = 0777</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614431"></a><em class="parameter"><code>force security mode = 0</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614443"></a><em class="parameter"><code>directory security mask = 0777</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2614455"></a><em class="parameter"><code>force directory security mode = 0</code></em></td></tr></table></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2614468"></a>Interaction with the Standard Samba File Attribute Mapping</h3></div></div></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> 723 Samba maps some of the DOS attribute bits (such as “<span class="quote">read-only</span>”) 724 into the UNIX permissions of a file. This means there can 725 be a conflict between the permission bits set via the security 726 dialog and the permission bits set by the file attribute mapping. 727 </p></div><p> 728 If a file has no UNIX read access for the owner, it will show up 729 as “<span class="quote">read-only</span>” in the standard file attributes tabbed dialog. 730 Unfortunately, this dialog is the same one that contains the security information 731 in another tab. 732 </p><p> 733 What this can mean is that if the owner changes the permissions 734 to allow himself or herself read access using the security dialog, clicks on 735 <span class="guibutton">OK</span> to get back to the standard attributes tab 736 dialog, and clicks on <span class="guibutton">OK</span> on that dialog, then 737 NT will set the file permissions back to read-only (as that is what 738 the attributes still say in the dialog). This means that after setting 739 permissions and clicking on <span class="guibutton">OK</span> to get back to the 740 attributes dialog, you should always press <span class="guibutton">Cancel</span> 741 rather than <span class="guibutton">OK</span> to ensure that your changes 742 are not overridden. 743 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2614541"></a>Windows NT/200X ACLs and POSIX ACLs Limitations</h3></div></div></div><p> 744 Windows administrators are familiar with simple ACL controls, and they typically 745 consider that UNIX user/group/other (ugo) permissions are inadequate and not 746 sufficiently fine-grained. 747 </p><p> 748 Competing SMB implementations differ in how they handle Windows ACLs. Samba handles 749 Windows ACLs from the perspective of UNIX file system administration and thus adopts 750 the limitations of POSIX ACLs. Therefore, where POSIX ACLs lack a capability of the 751 Windows NT/200X ACLs, the POSIX semantics and limitations are imposed on the Windows 752 administrator. 753 </p><p> 754 POSIX ACLs present an interesting challenge to the UNIX administrator and therefore 755 force a compromise to be applied to Windows ACLs administration. POSIX ACLs are not 756 covered by an official standard; rather, the latest standard is a draft standard 757 1003.1e revision 17. This is the POSIX document on which the Samba implementation has 758 been implemented. 759 </p><p> 760 UNIX vendors differ in the manner in which POSIX ACLs are implemented. There are a 761 number of Linux file systems that support ACLs. Samba has to provide a way to make 762 transparent all the differences between the various implementations of POSIX ACLs. 763 The pressure for ACLs support in Samba has noticeably increased the pressure to 764 standardize ACLs support in the UNIX world. 765 </p><p> 766 Samba has to deal with the complicated matter of handling the challenge of the Windows 767 ACL that implements <span class="emphasis"><em>inheritance</em></span>, a concept not anticipated by POSIX 768 ACLs as implemented in UNIX file systems. Samba provides support for <span class="emphasis"><em>masks</em></span> 769 that permit normal ugo and ACLs functionality to be overrided. This further complicates 770 the way in which Windows ACLs must be implemented. 771 </p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2614599"></a>UNIX POSIX ACL Overview</h4></div></div></div><p> 772 In examining POSIX ACLs we must consider the manner in which they operate for 773 both files and directories. File ACLs have the following significance: 774</p><pre class="screen"> 775# file: testfile <- the file name 776# owner: jeremy <-- the file owner 777# group: users <-- the POSIX group owner 778user::rwx <-- perms for the file owner (user) 779user:tpot:r-x <-- perms for the additional user `tpot' 780group::r-- <-- perms for the file group owner (group) 781group:engrs:r-- <-- perms for the additonal group `engineers' 782mask:rwx <-- the mask that is `ANDed' with groups 783other::--- <-- perms applied to everyone else (other) 784</pre><p> 785 Directory ACLs have the following signficance: 786</p><pre class="screen"> 787# file: testdir <-- the directory name 788# owner: jeremy <-- the directory owner 789# group: jeremy <-- the POSIX group owner 790user::rwx <-- directory perms for owner (user) 791group::rwx <-- directory perms for owning group (group) 792mask::rwx <-- the mask that is `ANDed' with group perms 793other:r-x <-- perms applied to everyone else (other) 794default:user::rwx <-- inherited owner perms 795default:user:tpot:rwx <-- inherited extra perms for user `tpot' 796default:group::r-x <-- inherited group perms 797default:mask:rwx <-- inherited default mask 798default:other:--- <-- inherited permissions for everyone (other) 799</pre><p> 800 </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2614660"></a>Mapping of Windows File ACLs to UNIX POSIX ACLs</h4></div></div></div><p> 801 Microsoft Windows NT4/200X ACLs must of necessity be mapped to POSIX ACLs. 802 The mappings for file permissions are shown in <a class="link" href="AccessControls.html#fdsacls" title="Table�16.5.�How Windows File ACLs Map to UNIX POSIX File ACLs">How 803 Windows File ACLs Map to UNIX POSIX File ACLs</a>. 804 The # character means this flag is set only when the Windows administrator 805 sets the <code class="constant">Full Control</code> flag on the file. 806 </p><div class="table"><a name="fdsacls"></a><p class="title"><b>Table�16.5.�How Windows File ACLs Map to UNIX POSIX File ACLs</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="How Windows File ACLs Map to UNIX POSIX File ACLs" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col align="center"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Windows ACE</th><th align="center">File Attribute Flag</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left"><p>Full Control</p></td><td align="center"><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Traverse Folder/Execute File</p></td><td align="center"><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>List Folder/Read Data</p></td><td align="center"><p>r</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Read Attributes</p></td><td align="center"><p>r</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Read Extended Attribures</p></td><td align="center"><p>r</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Create Files/Write Data</p></td><td align="center"><p>w</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Create Folders/Append Data</p></td><td align="center"><p>w</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Write Attributes</p></td><td align="center"><p>w</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Write Extended Attributes</p></td><td align="center"><p>w</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Delete Subfolders and Files</p></td><td align="center"><p>w</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Delete</p></td><td align="center"><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Read Permissions</p></td><td align="center"><p>all</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Change Permissions</p></td><td align="center"><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><p>Take Ownership</p></td><td align="center"><p>#</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"><p> 807 As can be seen from the mapping table, there is no one-to-one mapping capability, and therefore 808 Samba must make a logical mapping that will permit Windows to operate more-or-less the way 809 that is intended by the administrator. 810 </p><p> 811 In general the mapping of UNIX POSIX user/group/other permissions will be mapped to 812 Windows ACLs. This has precedence over the creation of POSIX ACLs. POSIX ACLs are necessary 813 to establish access controls for users and groups other than the user and group that 814 own the file or directory. 815 </p><p> 816 The UNIX administrator can set any directory permission from within the UNIX environment. 817 The Windows administrator is more restricted in that it is not possible from within 818 Windows Explorer to remove read permission for the file owner. 819 </p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2614930"></a>Mapping of Windows Directory ACLs to UNIX POSIX ACLs</h4></div></div></div><p> 820 Interesting things happen in the mapping of UNIX POSIX directory permissions and 821 UNIX POSIX ACLs to Windows ACEs (Access Control Entries, the discrete components of 822 an ACL) are mapped to Windows directory ACLs. 823 </p><p> 824 Directory permissions function in much the same way as shown for file permissions, but 825 there are some notable exceptions and a few peculiarities that the astute administrator 826 will want to take into account in the setting up of directory permissions. 827 </p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2614954"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div></div><p> 828File, directory, and share access problems are common topics on the mailing list. The following 829are examples recently taken from the mailing list. 830</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2614965"></a>Users Cannot Write to a Public Share</h3></div></div></div><p> 831 The following complaint has frequently been voiced on the Samba mailing list: 832 “<span class="quote"> 833 We are facing some troubles with file/directory permissions. I can log on the domain as admin user (root), 834 and there's a public share on which everyone needs to have permission to create/modify files, but only 835 root can change the file, no one else can. We need to constantly go to the server to 836 <strong class="userinput"><code>chgrp -R users *</code></strong> and <strong class="userinput"><code>chown -R nobody *</code></strong> to allow 837 other users to change the file. 838 </span>” 839 </p><p> 840 Here is one way the problem can be solved: 841 </p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p> 842 Go to the top of the directory that is shared. 843 </p></li><li><p> 844 Set the ownership to whatever public user and group you want 845</p><pre class="screen"> 846<code class="prompt">$ </code>find `directory_name' -type d -exec chown user:group {}\; 847<code class="prompt">$ </code>find `directory_name' -type d -exec chmod 2775 {}\; 848<code class="prompt">$ </code>find `directory_name' -type f -exec chmod 0775 {}\; 849<code class="prompt">$ </code>find `directory_name' -type f -exec chown user:group {}\; 850</pre><p> 851 </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> 852 The above will set the <code class="constant">SGID bit</code> on all directories. Read your 853 UNIX/Linux man page on what that does. This ensures that all files and directories 854 that are created in the directory tree will be owned by the current user and will 855 be owned by the group that owns the directory in which it is created. 856 </p></div></li><li><p> 857 Directory is <em class="replaceable"><code>/foodbar</code></em>: 858</p><pre class="screen"> 859<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>chown jack:engr /foodbar</code></strong> 860</pre><p> 861 </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>This is the same as doing:</p><pre class="screen"> 862<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>chown jack /foodbar</code></strong> 863<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>chgrp engr /foodbar</code></strong> 864</pre></div></li><li><p>Now type: 865 866</p><pre class="screen"> 867<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>chmod 2775 /foodbar</code></strong> 868<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>ls -al /foodbar/..</code></strong> 869</pre><p> 870 </p><p>You should see: 871</p><pre class="screen"> 872drwxrwsr-x 2 jack engr 48 2003-02-04 09:55 foodbar 873</pre><p> 874 </p></li><li><p>Now type: 875</p><pre class="screen"> 876<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>su - jill</code></strong> 877<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>cd /foodbar</code></strong> 878<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>touch Afile</code></strong> 879<code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>ls -al</code></strong> 880</pre><p> 881 </p><p> 882 You should see that the file <code class="filename">Afile</code> created by Jill will have ownership 883 and permissions of Jack, as follows: 884</p><pre class="screen"> 885-rw-r--r-- 1 jill engr 0 2007-01-18 19:41 Afile 886</pre><p> 887 </p></li><li><p> 888 If the user that must have write permission in the directory is not a member of the group 889 <span class="emphasis"><em>engr</em></span> set in the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> entry for the share: 890 </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2615272"></a><em class="parameter"><code>force group = engr</code></em></td></tr></table><p> 891 </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2615288"></a>File Operations Done as <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> with <span class="emphasis"><em>force user</em></span> Set</h3></div></div></div><p> 892 When you have a user in <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#ADMINUSERS" target="_top">admin users</a>, Samba will always do file operations for 893 this user as <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span>, even if <a class="link" href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCEUSER" target="_top">force user</a> has been set. 894 </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2615334"></a>MS Word with Samba Changes Owner of File</h3></div></div></div><p> 895 <span class="emphasis"><em>Question:</em></span> “<span class="quote">When user B saves a word document that is owned by user A, 896 the updated file is now owned by user B. Why is Samba doing this? How do I fix this?</span>” 897 </p><p> 898 <span class="emphasis"><em>Answer:</em></span> Word does the following when you modify/change a Word document: MS Word creates a new document with 899 a temporary name. Word then closes the old document and deletes it, then renames the new document to the original document name. 900 There is no mechanism by which Samba can in any way know that the new document really should be owned by the owners 901 of the original file. Samba has no way of knowing that the file will be renamed by MS Word. As far as Samba is able 902 to tell, the file that gets created is a new file, not one that the application (Word) is updating. 903 </p><p> 904 There is a workaround to solve the permissions problem. It involves understanding how you can manage file 905 system behavior from within the <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> file, as well as understanding how UNIX file systems work. Set on the directory 906 in which you are changing Word documents: <code class="literal">chmod g+s `directory_name'.</code> This ensures that all files will 907 be created with the group that owns the directory. In <code class="filename">smb.conf</code> share declaration section set: 908 </p><p> 909 </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2615413"></a><em class="parameter"><code>force create mode = 0660</code></em></td></tr><tr><td><a class="indexterm" name="id2615424"></a><em class="parameter"><code>force directory mode = 0770</code></em></td></tr></table><p> 910 </p><p> 911 These two settings will ensure that all directories and files that get created in the share will be readable/writable by the 912 owner and group set on the directory itself. 913 </p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="rights.html">Prev</a>�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="optional.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="locking.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter�15.�User Rights and Privileges�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">�Chapter�17.�File and Record Locking</td></tr></table></div></body></html> 914
