[UniMacTech] OS X Leopard Server + Work around for Microsoft Office ACL's problem

[Mark Dorset]

Hi Peter,

I'm unsure what version of Samba is included with 10.5.7 server, but  
it sounds like similar problems with our Samba server running on  
Linux. It was a bug fixed in a relatively recent version. See https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4308 
  for more info. You can save a bit of time by reading comment #48  
onwards.

cheers,
Mark

On 01/06/2009, at 11:46 AM, Peter Thomas wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
> We have been having problems with OS X Workgroup Manager groups  
> with  Windows XP Sp3 users, sharing Office 2003/2007 files.
> It appears to be the same for Word and Excel but not other apps  
> eg .notepad
>
> After a windows client user opens the an office file, makes changes  
> and saves then weird acls appear preventing other users in the  
> group  opening the office document.
>
> In the server admin window the acl file permissions are multiply  
> created for users and groups and the posix permissions also change.
> I have found multiple references to this problem on the internet
>
> Picture below demonstrates problem.
>
> I found a good reference to this on an email list at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1966920&tstart=0
>
> The suggestion is to modify the smb.conf file and make the following  
> change:
>
> “butted at the very end of the file this lines…
>
> [global]
> nt acl support = no
> so it looks like this now ;
>
> ..
> ..
>
> ; Site-specific parameters can be added below this comment.
> ; END required configuration.
>
> [Global]
> nt acl support = no
>
>
>
> I implemented this “patch and it appears to be working.
>
>
>
> Peter Thomas
> IT Facilities Manager
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