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How To Force User/Group Ownership Of Files On A Samba Share (Doc ID 1635423.1)

Last updated on MARCH 16, 2023

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Enterprise Linux 4.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Goal

You have a disk directory shared among Linux and Microsoft Windows clients. Multiple users need access to this directory share, but when files are created or modified from the Linux clients the Linux file permissions are applied making it difficult or impossible for the Windows clients to access these files.

You would like to share these disk resources in a homogeneous fashion.

Solution

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In this Document
Goal
Solution
 Forcing User or Group Ownership
 Use The Directory Access Permissions
 Use Access Control Lists (ACL)


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