Johnny Hughes wrote: > Ted Miller wrote: >> Is there a file system + configuration that will let me share a >> directory, and anyone who has access to something in that directory on >> the server will also have access (and lack of access) to the same >> files from the client? Clients will be Centos5, Win2K, WinXP. Server >> is Centos5. >> >> To put it another way, all users have accounts on the server. I don't >> want to have to set up ANY user information on the server, other than >> what I set up to control local access. I just want to say "Share >> /vmware" and have it available, to the same users who can access it >> locally. >> >> With Samba I have to maintain duplicate user lists, password lists, >> and share access lists. I have not been able to find a clear >> instructions on how NFS4 handles this, but what I found didn't seem >> any better than Samba. >> >> I don't mind implementing ACLs on the server if it will do what I >> need, but I can't find anything that says it will save me any work >> either. > > Well, since you want to set up shares ... and since you want to share > between Windows and Linux machines, and to share for windows you will > need to use samba. > > Since you can also set up linux to use a samba client, that would > probably be the best method to "share these files" ... if you expect to > just oepn them via a file manager on all platforms. Is there a way to set up samba so that it "just uses" ACL information for permissions, instead of having to spell everything out for each share and each user? Ted Miller