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Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml/smbdotconf')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/dosfilemode.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/aclgroupcontrol.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/dosfilemode.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/dosfilemode.xml index ae3b475107..e67ccd935a 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/dosfilemode.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/dosfilemode.xml @@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ type="boolean" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> - <para> The default behavior in Samba is to provide - UNIX-like behavior where only the owner of a file/directory is + <para> The default behavior in Samba is to provide + UNIX-like behavior where only the owner of a file/directory is able to change the permissions on it. However, this behavior - is often confusing to DOS/Windows users. Enabling this parameter - allows a user who has write access to the file (by whatever - means) to modify the permissions (including ACL) on it. Note that a user - belonging to the group owning the file will not be allowed to - change permissions if the group is only granted read access. - Ownership of the file/directory may also be changed.</para> + is often confusing to DOS/Windows users. Enabling this parameter + allows a user who has write access to the file (by whatever + means, including an ACL permission) to modify the permissions + (including ACL) on it. Note that a user belonging to the group + owning the file will not be allowed to change permissions if + the group is only granted read access. Ownership of the + file/directory may also be changed.</para> </description> <value type="default">no</value> </samba:parameter> diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/aclgroupcontrol.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/aclgroupcontrol.xml index e2600ca9da..6efd46dd8d 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/aclgroupcontrol.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/aclgroupcontrol.xml @@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ </para> <para> - This is parameter has been marked deprecated in Samba 3.0.23. The same behavior is now - implemented by the <parameter moreinfo="none">dos filemode</parameter> option. + This is parameter has been was deprecated in Samba 3.0.23, but re-activated in + Samba 3.0.31 and above, as it now only controls permission changes if the user + is in the owning primary group. It is now no longer equivalent to the + <parameter moreinfo="none">dos filemode</parameter> option. </para> </description> |