[NTLUG:Discuss] Samba, ACL - permissions

[Greg Edwards]

Keller Giacomarro wrote:
> Thanks all for the great info - you've given me plenty to look at.
> 

> 
> @Greg
> Sounds like the permissions I would need are simpler than I thought.  While
> I know that Unix permissions will probably work fine for the scenario I'm
> working on, I wanted to see how complicated permissions would be handled for
> hundreds or thousands of users with different permissions on each folder.
> Would you still use unix permissions in this case?  Would there just be a
> group for each share that is given write access?
> 

> Thanks everyone for the help - I was amazed to get responses so fast.
> 
> -Keller
> 

Beyond basic grouping of organizational units like departments or teams I 
wouldn't try using groups.

For those kinds of numbers you'll want to use a formal file management 
(checkout/checkin) system to insure that changes are not lost from 
concurrent updates.

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Greg Edwards
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