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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/smbdotconf/protocol/aclcheckpermissions.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/aclcheckpermissions.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/aclcheckpermissions.xml index 32ab30abc7..8619c51d3a 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/aclcheckpermissions.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/protocol/aclcheckpermissions.xml @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>does on receiving a protocol request of "open for delete" from a Windows client. If a Windows client doesn't have permissions to delete a file then they expect this to be denied at open time. POSIX systems normally only detect restrictions on delete by - actually attempting to delete the file or directory. As Windows client can (and do) "back out" a + actually attempting to delete the file or directory. As Windows clients can (and do) "back out" a delete request by unsetting the "delete on close" bit Samba cannot delete the file immediately - on "open for delete" request as we cannot restore a deleted file. With this parameter set to + on "open for delete" request as we cannot restore such a deleted file. With this parameter set to true (the default) then smbd checks the file system permissions directly on "open for delete" and denies the request without actually deleting the file if the file system permissions would seem to deny it. - This is not perfect, as it's possible a user can delete a file without Samba being able to - check the permissions, but it is close enough to Windows semantics for mostly correct - behaviour. + This is not perfect, as it's possible a user could have deleted a file without Samba being able to + check the permissions correctly, but it is close enough to Windows semantics for mostly correct + behaviour. Samba will correctly check POSIX ACL semantics in this case. </para> <para>If this parameter is set to "false" Samba doesn't check permissions on "open for delete" and allows the open. If the user doesn't have permission to delete the file this will only be @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ on a Windows explorer refersh. This is an extremely advanced protocol option which should not need to be changed. This parameter was introduced in its final form in 3.0.21, an earlier version with slightly different semantics was introduced in 3.0.20. This version is not documented here. + </para> </description> <value type="default">True</value> </samba:parameter> |