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Michael
Asked: 2012-03-16 11:56:42 +0800 CST

Why does Mac OS X ignore my Windows NTFS and Share permissions?

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Windows Server 2003

Windows Folder "Videos"
Share Permissions on Videos
- Everyone
NTFS Permissions on Videos
- System (Full Control)
- Domain Users (Modify)
- Domain Admins (Full Control)

Mac user Michael is a part of the Domain Users group. He connects to Videos using cifs://server/Videos and authenticates with his username Michael. Michael copies over a file "dance dance baby.avi".

User Jon opens the Videos folder but cannot see the dance dance baby.avi file.

Checking the dance dance baby.avi file permissions here is what I see:

Everyone - Read, Write
Domain Admins - Full Control
Michael - Read, Write
Owner of File - Michael

So here's my question, how come when Michael copies a file over from a Mac, the permissions on the file get changed even though Michael has no rights to change permissions?

If the same file is copied over from a Windows machine, it just inherits the proper permissions from the parent Video folder.

Am I missing something? Are my permissions wrong? Thanks.

Michael

windows mac-osx permissions

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Looks like using smb:// instead of cifs:// to connect fixed the issue.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365233%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

    Although its main purpose is file sharing, additional Microsoft SMB Protocol functionality includes the following: - File, directory, and share access authentication

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