[Bug 1930089] [NEW] New files and directories on server are getting set to nobody and nogroup

[David McKenna]

Public bug reported:

Files and directories on SMB server are getting set to nobody and
nogroup when created on client system. Creating directory and files via
smbclient works. Windows and MacOS have no issues and sets the uid and
gid of new files and directories as the current user. I can not get CIFS
to work this same way for some reason and I have searched everywhere for
a solution. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just me being stupid and
missing something.

fstab entry:
//tb-vubuntuweb/www /home/david/Dev/TB-VUBUNTUWEB cifs user=david.mckenna at TB.local,rw,users 0 0

Mount command:
mount.cifs //tb-vubuntuweb/www /home/david/Dev/TB-VUBUNTUWEB

System info:
Description:    Ubuntu 20.10
Release:        20.10

cifs-utils:
  Installed: 2:6.11-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2:6.11-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2:6.11-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: cifs-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  New files and directories on server are getting set to nobody and
  nogroup

Status in cifs-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Files and directories on SMB server are getting set to nobody and
  nogroup when created on client system. Creating directory and files
  via smbclient works. Windows and MacOS have no issues and sets the uid
  and gid of new files and directories as the current user. I can not
  get CIFS to work this same way for some reason and I have searched
  everywhere for a solution. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just me
  being stupid and missing something.

  fstab entry:
  //tb-vubuntuweb/www /home/david/Dev/TB-VUBUNTUWEB cifs user=david.mckenna at TB.local,rw,users 0 0

  Mount command:
  mount.cifs //tb-vubuntuweb/www /home/david/Dev/TB-VUBUNTUWEB

  System info:
  Description:    Ubuntu 20.10
  Release:        20.10

  cifs-utils:
    Installed: 2:6.11-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 2:6.11-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 2:6.11-0ubuntu1 500
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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