smbclient doesn't show folder permission of server?

Question

When I connect to Windows server using smbclient from Linux as below:

smbclient //SERVER/FOLDER -U user%password

This connects to the server successfully but when I use stat command on a particular folder it throws errors:

smb: > stat folder 
Server doesn't support UNIX CIFS calls.

Is there any way to get folder permissions of a Windows share on Linux using samba?

Solution

Windows permissions are usually governed by an ACL, which is not displayed by smbclient. Instead, try smbcacls //SERVER/SHARE FILENAME -U user%password. You should get something like:

REVISION:1
CONTROL:SR|PD|DI|DP
OWNER:NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
GROUP:NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
ACL:NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL
ACL:BUILTIN\Administrators:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL
ACL:LAPTOP-CD837F\localuser:ALLOWED/OI|CI/FULL
ACL:Everyone:ALLOWED/OI|CI/READ