/smb browser
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Hi,
I'm in the development of my /smb browser. It will be based on:
- libsmbclient for server access
- nfs protocol between cifsd (The CIFS daemon) and the kernel.
But all the thing needs to have access at which made the current access. Ex:
- user1 reads /smb/domain/server/share/file1 (file1 further)
- The cifsd must know that the read is done by user1 for:
- a. giving him access or not
- b. giving the default user/group perms based on the SMB acls
But I think that the NFS server never knows which user accessed the file, right? It's just asked to give the uid/gid +perms of the files and the vfs (?) then grant/deny access to it. Right?
Which layer is the last to know which user made the file access? VFS? FS driver? Or is it propagated to the final destination? (NFS server, etc...)
Thanks for any help.
-jec
PS: In fact AFS do exactly that: giving the user uid/gid+perms of file based on the user that made the access. But afs reimplemented a *lot* of things: driver in the kernel, server, etc...
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