CIFS permission translations

When you view an object on a Windows client, CIFS translates the POSIX permission settings used in the namespace into settings Windows understands. The table below shows how CIFS maps POSIX permissions to Windows permissions.

Permissions in the namespace Permissions in Windows
r--

Read

-w-

Write

--x None

rw-

Read
Write

r-x

Read
Read & Execute

-wx

None

rwx

Read
Write
Read & Execute
Modify
Full Control

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