samba - Jul 2011 - samba4 and ntfs

hey there!am using samba4 alpha16 on red hat enterprise linux 6.1. The active
directory is running without any problems. But i am having a problem related to
ntfs sharing. I have shared an ntfs drive from my pc via samba. The probem is
that i am not able to browse my share with any account except for administrator
account. I have tried adding guest ok = Yes but i guess that's not supported
in this version. Here's my smb.conf configuration file....# Global
parameters[global]server role = domain controllerworkgroup = MYGROUPrealm =
MYGROUP.EXAMPLE.COMnetbios name = VASISHATHposix:eadb =
/usr/local/samba/eadb.tdb[netlogon]path =
/usr/local/samba/var/lock/sysvol/mygroup.example.com/scriptsread only =
No[sysvol]path = /usr/local/samba/var/lock/sysvolread only = No[g]path =
/media/read only = Noplz note that i can browse an ext3 or 4 partition from any
user. The problem is ONLY with ntfs. I have tried changing permissions from
windows itself but the changes disappear as soon as i c
 lick apply. plz help me...... Thanks !Dear samba! Get Yourself a cool, short
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vasishath kaushal wrote:
> ey there!am using samba4 alpha16 on red hat enterprise linux 6.1. The
active
> directory is running without any problems. But i am having a problem
related
> to ntfs sharing. I have shared an ntfs drive from my pc via samba. The
probem
> is that i am not able to browse my share with any account except for
> administrator account.
You did not tell how your ntfs filesystem is mounted.
With ntfs-3g the filesystem is generally mounted with
ownership and permissions disabled, hence all files
appear as owned by root (or a specific user).
>
>  plz note that i can browse an ext3 or 4 partition from any user. The
problem
> is ONLY with ntfs. I have tried changing permissions from windows itself
but
> the changes disappear as soon as i click apply. plz help me...... Thanks !
You can get the same ownership and permissions on ntfs as on
ext3/ext4, even Posix ACLs, by mounting with adequate options.
See 
http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/ownership-and-permissions/#options

This will however not set the exact same ACLs as if the
ntfs filesystem would have been mounted on the Windows client.

Jean-Pierre