File permission problem

Doctor Bill docbill@gmail.com
Fri Sep 24 14:59:00 GMT 2004


Does smbntsec work if the file system is shared from a Win9x machine? 
If so, where are the NT ACL's stored?

                                        Bill


On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 07:42:05 -0700, Andrew DeFaria <andrew@defaria.com> wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> > On Sep 24 02:36, Brian Dessent wrote:
> >
> >> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sep 24 01:43, Brian Dessent wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> jackylam@solomon-systech.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> No, it is an NTFS on a network drive. Is it related?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes. You probably lack the SeRestorePrivilege right on your login
> >>>> token, or for some strange reason you have nosmbntsec set. RTFM:
> >>>> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>
> >>>
> >>> nosmbntsec is default.
> >>
> >> If this is true then the docs need to be updated, or at least clarified.
> >>
> >> "(no)smbntsec - if set, use ntsec on remote drives as well (this is the
> >> default)."
> >
> >
> > Urgh. This is how I intended to implement it when I did ... three
> > years ago? Dunno anymore, but nosmbntsec is default already for ages.
> >
> > I've changed the documentation.
> 
> I'm trying to understand why one would want ntsec on by default and
> smbntsec off by default?
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