Linux – Mac OS X clients cannot see extended ACLs through samba or netatalk on a debian server

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I have set up a debian box as a replacement for an old windows server for my company's central file repository. I am using acl enabled ext3 filesystem.

We need to be able to use extended access control lists to control user access to files, and windows users recognise the acl's set just fine.

Mac OS X clients (running leopard 10.5) will not see the extended ACL's via samba or netatalk and I run into permissions errors.

Can someone please recommend a way around this? How can I get Mac OS X to recognise extended ACL's on linux? I am happy to change from debian to something else if need be, just as long as it is free 😉

Best Answer

Try this workaround:

Add

acl check permissions = no

to [global] because of how Darwin ACLs are closer to Windows ACLs instead of POSIX ACLs.

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