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Hi all. Several years ago, Linux's CIFS kernel driver has implemented two little-known options, "idsfromsid" and "modefromsid" for Unix permission emulation. When both options are enabled, the Unix file user, group, and permissions are stored as SMB ACL entries, and is translated from, to, and checked as Unix permissions by the Linux client itself, without server involvement. Since SMBv1's Unix extension is an ob...