Chris Allegretta
1999-May-28 20:18 UTC
password server problems and permission inheritance
Hello, I am attempting to replace an NT server with Samba (2.0.4) under Linux (2.2.9) here at Plattsburgh State, and have 2 questions about a couple of snags I've run into: 1) Is there any way to specify a password server that has a space in its name? I keep getting errors in the log saying "Cannot find server WINDOWS" and "Cannot find server SERVER" (our NT server has the original name of WINDOWS SERVER. I've tried putting "WINDOWS SERVER" and WINDOWS\ SERVER in the password server field, but to no avail. It would be very difficult to change the name of the NT server at this point. Specifying an NT server with a single word name works just fine. 2) Is there a way or will there be a way to set permissions on files based on the directory they've been put into, rather than the share? We have a number of folders set up for instructors with 4 subdirectories. Each subdirectory has varying permissions on them. I would like to be able to say "if a file gets created in any directory in this share, make it take the permissions of the folder it is in". This is due to permissions problems that occur when files are moved from one folder to another (i.e. a personal folder to a public access one). I have figured a way around it using setgid directories and force create mode = 0775, but it would be nice not to have to do that. Any help is appreciated. Keep up the great work on this program. Chris A - -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris | Labs/Classrooms | Plattsburgh | http://fast.to/astyanax Allegretta | Technician | State University | http://www.linux.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux gritch 2.2.9 #22 Fri May 14 18:36:25 EST 1999 i586 unknown Linux gandalf 2.2.4 #5 Tue Mar 23 19:21:49 EST 1999 alpha unknown Linux samwise 2.2.9 #2 Fri May 14 21:00:05 EDT 1999 sparc unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------