Hi Folks,
I have a problem with the operation of a NetApp that servers up a share both via CIFS and NFS. The goal of a group that I support was to have a common directory for both the UNIX systems and the NT systems. A user would be able to see all of their files under either UNIX or NT. The problem manifests itself because whatever was last used by the user to set access rights is what sets the security mode for the file or directory. For example, if a user accesses a directory from NT and gives himself and a NT group access to a file, from UNIX only he would have access. If from Unix he set a directory to rwxr-x---, someone in an NT group that he specifically want to grant access to would not have access. Generally speaking whatever was last used (NT or Unix) to set permissions works correctly, and the other one works, but not correctly.
My questions to the group:
1: Is anyone sharing the same directory under CIFS and NFS and found a
workaround or an acceptable way to implement permissions?
2: Has anyone thought about what would be wrong with using UNIX permissions to determine access when using NFS and NT permissions when using CIFS?
Thanks, Paul Lupa