Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Windows Server 2003
Windows Folder "Videos"
Share Permissions on Videos
– Everyone
NTFS Permissions on Videos
– System (Full Control)
– Domain Users (Modify)
– Domain Admins (Full Control)
Mac user Michael is a part of the Domain Users group. He connects to Videos using cifs://server/Videos and authenticates with his username Michael. Michael copies over a file "dance dance baby.avi".
User Jon opens the Videos folder but cannot see the dance dance baby.avi file.
Checking the dance dance baby.avi file permissions here is what I see:
Everyone – Read, Write
Domain Admins – Full Control
Michael – Read, Write
Owner of File – Michael
So here's my question, how come when Michael copies a file over from a Mac, the permissions on the file get changed even though Michael has no rights to change permissions?
If the same file is copied over from a Windows machine, it just inherits the proper permissions from the parent Video folder.
Am I missing something? Are my permissions wrong? Thanks.
Michael
Best Answer
Looks like using smb:// instead of cifs:// to connect fixed the issue.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365233%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Although its main purpose is file sharing, additional Microsoft SMB Protocol functionality includes the following: - File, directory, and share access authentication