[TriLUG] File permissions WRT NTFS -> SAMBA migration

[Jon Carnes]

You'll need to read up on file rights and Samba. The folder rights will
not transfer.

If the rights are defined via a group, then create that group on the
Samba server and add all the users to that group then setup the samba
share to all that group to use the share.  Samba also has the ability to
Force the group rights for when someone creates a new file or directory
in that share - you'll want to make sure you have that setup or the
rights will eventually be limited only to the individuals that created
the files on that share.

You'll also need to allow that group (or everyone) file rights to that
directory - that is rights from the command line.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes

On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 22:12, Justin Johnson wrote:
> So for a while now I have been putting off finishing up one of my year end
> tasks, which is setting up a new file server for the office, replacing an
> old NT 4.0 server. I am running RH 9.0 (for now) on the new box, and have
> Samba set up to server the files.(All clients are Windows)Next step will be
> to set up Samba users, groups, and then move the files from the old drive to
> the new drive. Question is, when I copy the files from a NTFS partition to
> an EXT3 partition, what will become of the file and folder permissions that
> exist? Gone? The amount of files is not huge, so if I have to go back
> through the directory structure and re-assign permission I guess I can, just
> wondering if there is a lazier way. Actually, come tho think of it, all
> permissions are set at the folder level now, so I won't have to mess with
> individual files.
> 
> Thanks,
> Justin
>