----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael van Elst" mlelstv@xlink.net To: "Bruce Sterling Woodcock" sirbruce@ix.netcom.com Cc: "Michael van Elst" mlelstv@xlink.net; toasters@mathworks.com Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 4:30 PM Subject: Re: NT + Unix access rights
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 10:14:10AM -0700, Bruce Sterling Woodcock wrote:
The usermap maps the UNIX 'root' account to the NT 'Administrator' account. The NT 'Administrator' account is mapped to an unprivileged UNIX account different from the file owner.
Can someone explain this? I don't follow.
The software release 5.3 has the feature to map Accounts independently for the UNIX side and the NT side. I.e. the usermap file has the lines:
Administrator <= root Administrator => ntadmin
where ntadmin is an unprivileged account and root is the regular privileged account.
Is the mapping only for access, or only for ownership?
I understand that if root creates a file, and you look at it from NT, it will be owned by Administrator (with the mapping given above). But when Administrator tries to access it, he'll be mapped to ntadmin, which doesn't have access??
Bruce