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Windows 7 + ADS permissions problems
ReadyNAS Pro 4, joined to domain first thing out of the box. Create a share "projects" following the Active Directory video in this forum. In order to copy our files/folders into the share while prese...
Scratch that. The problem is worse than I thought. I was testing from a Domain Admin account in Windows XP and was able to modify subfolder contents. I just tried using a non-domain-admin user account and it reported "Access is denied" just like other standard users are seeing, and the subfolder was created from a Windows XP share by another standard non-admin user.
It would seem that somehow the permissions from the root share folder are NOT being passed along to the contents after all. I now also notice that I am seeing "CREATOR OWNER" and "CREATOR GROUP" listed in the Security settings for the share, when I am 100% those were not there before. I also see "root (Unix User\root)" show up in some security settings and both that one and "root (Unix Group\root)" elsewhere, though in all occasions neither of those show any actual Permissions in the Permissions for... section of the Security dialog box.
This is ultra-confusing. I'm sure it has something to do with moving the contents via backup. How the heck else are you supposed to move files into the share without affecting timestamps?!?!
It would seem that somehow the permissions from the root share folder are NOT being passed along to the contents after all. I now also notice that I am seeing "CREATOR OWNER" and "CREATOR GROUP" listed in the Security settings for the share, when I am 100% those were not there before. I also see "root (Unix User\root)" show up in some security settings and both that one and "root (Unix Group\root)" elsewhere, though in all occasions neither of those show any actual Permissions in the Permissions for... section of the Security dialog box.
This is ultra-confusing. I'm sure it has something to do with moving the contents via backup. How the heck else are you supposed to move files into the share without affecting timestamps?!?!
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