Bryan, The detail would be great. I would like to learn more about ACL support. Thank you On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Bryan O'Neal < Bryan.ONeal@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: > I agree with everything I have seen in this thread so far. If you are > a seasoned windows admin you can use Active Directory for central user > authentication and file level access with only about 10 -15 min worth > of work. Otherwise linux does not have (to the best of my knowledge) > easy central account management. Also if you feel frustrated by the > SMB permissions you can think of it like a windows share - you can > layer more security on top of it. With linux you just use ACL's but > enabling them requires editing your fstab and adding the ACL support > tag - and then remounting or simply rebooting. > > It is all really simple so if your interested I can go into detail. > > > -- James