CIFS Server Administrator's Guide Version A.03.02.00 (5900-2578, January 2013)

Table 9 UNIX permission maps Windows XP client permissions (continued)
Permission Shown on Windows XP ClientsUNIX Permission
Execute or Traverse Folder, Read Attributes,
Read Permissions
None--x
All Read Permissions as in the first cellRead and Executer-x
Execute or Traverse Folder
All Read Permissions as in the first cellRead, Writerw-
All Write Permissions as in the second cell
Full Control and All permission bits are tickedFull Controlrwx
NoneNo boxes are ticked---
NOTE: In the table above, the permissions labeled Advanced can be viewed from the ACL dialog
box by clicking on Advanced, then View/Edit.
For a file owner ACE, Take Ownership, Delete and Change permissions flags are shown. For a
file's owning group ACE, Take ownership permission flag is shown.
However, all permissions are ticked in both Windows ACE Advanced and Basic views if a file
permission is Full Control.
Setting permissions from Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 clients
The following table shows how each Windows XP client permission is mapped to the UNIX
permission when permissions are set from a client:
Table 10 Windows XP permissions maps UNIX permissions
UNIX PermissionWindows XP
rwxFull Control
-w-Write
rwxModify
r-xRead and Execute
r--Read
r--List Folder / Read Data (Advanced)
r--Read Attributes (Advanced)
r--Read Extended Attributes (Advanced)
r--Read Permissions (Advanced)
-w-Create Files / Write Data (Advanced)
-w-Create Folder / Append Data (Advanced)
-w-Write Attributes (Advanced)
-w-Write Extended Attributes (Advanced)
--xTraverse Folder / Execute File (Advanced)
No meaning on HP-UXDelete Subfolders and Files (Advanced)
* see explanation following tableDelete (Advanced)
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