samba - Jan 2002 - "share modes" removed? Why?

Hello.

As far as I can see, among the other changes the 2.2.2 version has lost
"share modes"
parameter. Seems, it creates some DoS-type problems for public read-only shares:
anyone
can set "DENY_ALL" lock on a read-only public file and prevent other
from using it. Is it
right?

Is there other way to prohibit "monopolistic" open of shared read-only
files? Surely,
"writable=no, locking=no" does not help. The absence of
"write" right on a file does not
help too. I have this problem in practice, not in theory.

Alexey

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Alexey Lobanov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> As far as I can see, among the other changes the 2.2.2 version has
> lost "share modes"  parameter. Seems, it creates some DoS-type
> problems for public read-only shares: anyone can set "DENY_ALL"
lock
> on a read-only public file and prevent other from using it. Is it
> right?
>
> Is there other way to prohibit "monopolistic" open of shared
read-only
> files? Surely, "writable=no, locking=no" does not help. The
absence of
> "write" right on a file does not help too. I have this problem in
> practice, not in theory.
Check the SAMBA_2_2 cvs tree.  I believe jeremy added this back in for
2.2.3.








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