Index: smbd/posix_acls.c
===================================================================
--- smbd/posix_acls.c	(revision 6315)
+++ smbd/posix_acls.c	(working copy)
@@ -3874,11 +3874,15 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* If we get here we know ret == 0. */
-	SMB_ASSERT(ret == 0);
+	/* If ret is -1 here we didn't match on the user entry or
+	   supplemental group entries. */
+	
+	DEBUG(10,("check_posix_acl_group_write: ret = %d before check_stat:\n", ret));
 
   check_stat:
 
+	/* Do we match on the owning group entry ? */
+
 	for (i = 0; i < current_user.ngroups; i++) {
 		if (current_user.groups[i] == psbuf->st_gid) {
 			ret = (psbuf->st_mode & S_IWGRP) ? 1 : 0;
@@ -3889,14 +3893,15 @@
 	}
 
 	if (i == current_user.ngroups) {
-		SMB_ASSERT(ret != 1);
 		DEBUG(10,("check_posix_acl_group_write: file %s \
-failed to match on user or group in token.\n", fname ));
+failed to match on user or group in token (ret = %d).\n", fname, ret ));
 	}
 
   done:
 
 	SMB_VFS_SYS_ACL_FREE_ACL(conn, posix_acl);
+
+	DEBUG(10,("check_posix_acl_group_write: file %s returning (ret = %d).\n", fname, ret ));
 	return ret;
 }