When a remote filesystem is mounted on UNIX via CIFS, one typically configures a user/group and mode (often 0777) for all files, as CIFS cannot express POSIX user/group/mode. Then, people want to sync these with unison. Currently unison suggests fat=true, which gets tangled up with #867. After that issue is resolved, then a way forward for this might be clearer.
To resolve this enhancement ticket, it should be possible to end up with files in normal unix filesystem synced from CIFS that have the mode that shows up in CIFS. It is expected that syncing the other way will result in files with the configured mode.
This is a placeholder ticket; broad discussion on hackers (or on users if there already), please.
When a remote filesystem is mounted on UNIX via CIFS, one typically configures a user/group and mode (often 0777) for all files, as CIFS cannot express POSIX user/group/mode. Then, people want to sync these with unison. Currently unison suggests fat=true, which gets tangled up with #867. After that issue is resolved, then a way forward for this might be clearer.
To resolve this enhancement ticket, it should be possible to end up with files in normal unix filesystem synced from CIFS that have the mode that shows up in CIFS. It is expected that syncing the other way will result in files with the configured mode.
This is a placeholder ticket; broad discussion on hackers (or on users if there already), please.