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Re: 1.7.1-1 noacl on samba share has incorrect directory write bit


On Jan  7 15:25, Raman Gupta wrote:
> On 01/07/2010 03:09 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >I'm talking about the other case.  The DOS R/O flag has nothing to do
> >with writability of a directory in the first place.  If we treat a
> >directory as non-writable just because the DOS R/O flag is set, we're
> >making a mistake with consequences.  The consequences in the opposite
> >case are much less problematic.
> 
> Right -- which is why I suggested gating this using a "dro/nodro"
> attribute so that it could be turned on by users of noacl samba
> mounts where it would be correct to turn it on -- I suspect noacl
> samba mounts are widely used and would benefit greatly from this as
> EACCES would be correctly returned in many situations in which it
> currently isn't.

Show me an example.  The actual permissions are so that your actions
already return EACCES.  I don't see lots of a win which would rectify
another mount option.


Corinna

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