Hi everyone, We are having a ticklish problem with permissions on the swap, and other shared directories on our new server... (Samba 2.2.3a domain server with W2KPro clients.) We set up a number of directories in home which are subsequently mapped on the W2K clients. The shared directories are where the problem is. It seems that when a file is created, then the only user that can edit the file is the original creator. This seems logical for a swap space where users can copy files from but not save over them. But... we want files to be able to be opened, edited and then saved again by any users (who have access to those directories) - not just the original creator. An example is an Access database that needs to be accessed by all members of the 'staff'' group. I am thinking it is a setting in the samba conf file. Any leads would be very much appreciated. We had a look through the recent archives and found some items hinting at the issue - but I am having trouble matching this with our situation. Cheers, and TIA, Jonathan Clark --------- Jonathan Clark Associate Lecturer - QUT-Kelvin Grove - School of Mathematics, Science and Technology ACCE Professional Associate Try canoeing - it's good for you: www.teachers.ash.org.au/jclark/bc Remember: A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!
From: Jonathan Clark [mailto:jr.clark@qut.edu.au] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:55 AM wrote:> Hi everyone, > > We are having a ticklish problem with permissions on the > swap, and other > shared directories on our new server... (Samba 2.2.3a domain > server with > W2KPro clients.) > > We set up a number of directories in home which are > subsequently mapped on > the W2K clients. > > The shared directories are where the problem is. It seems > that when a file > is created, then the only user that can edit the file is the original > creator. This seems logical for a swap space where users can > copy files > from but not save over them. > > But... we want files to be able to be opened, edited and then > saved again > by any users (who have access to those directories) - not > just the original > creator. An example is an Access database that needs to be > accessed by all > members of the 'staff'' group. > > I am thinking it is a setting in the samba conf file. Any > leads would be > very much appreciated. > > We had a look through the recent archives and found some > items hinting at > the issue - but I am having trouble matching this with our situation.I think you need the options: Default: force create mode = 000 Example: force create mode = 0755 and Default: force directory mode = 000 Example: force directory mode = 0755 /Richard