samba - May 2004 - Windows XP Pro, file permissions...

Don't know if this issue is Windows XP specific, or whether it's Samba
that's contributing to the problem.  Running Samba 3.0.3 as a PDC on a
network of 5 Windows XP Pro workstations.  They have their "important"
data
stored in a file share on the server, permissions set for all of them to
access no problem.  

They each also have a shared documents directory on their individual PC, and
this is where the problems are arising.  User A will create a document in
Word or Excel and save it to their shared document directory, no problem.
But if they move it to user B's shared document directory, in the process it
becomes read-only.  Likewise if User A creates a new document in User B's
shared directory... User A has full access, but User B is read-only.  

Is there any way (either through permissions somehow in Samba, or through
permissions on the windows directory itself) that this problem can be
resolved.  Although they all have permissions to change file permissions,
they are getting agrivated (sp?) that they have to do it each and every time
they go to open a file.

I did see that there was mention in another thread of permissions issues
with Office applications, but I'm not sure if this is the same issue or not,
since I'm dealing with shares on the workstations and not on the server.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks,
>>>>> Mike <<<<<

If I understand, cluser creates a local file then decides to dump on the 
file server for others to use.

Here's what I would do.  Have each cluser share a folder.  Call them by 
their names.  So we have XP shares bob, sally, jim.  Then create folders 
on the unix box in the share directory called bob, sally and jim.  Then 
mount_smbfs (or O.S. equivallent) //jim@jim's machine/jim 
/home/shares/jim.  Then the clusers can just go there and get this stuff 
without permision errors.

Hope that helps.

TMS III
Mike Cisar wrote:
>Don't know if this issue is Windows XP specific, or whether it's
Samba
>that's contributing to the problem.  Running Samba 3.0.3 as a PDC on a
>network of 5 Windows XP Pro workstations.  They have their
"important" data
>stored in a file share on the server, permissions set for all of them to
>access no problem.  
>
>They each also have a shared documents directory on their individual PC, and
>this is where the problems are arising.  User A will create a document in
>Word or Excel and save it to their shared document directory, no problem.
>But if they move it to user B's shared document directory, in the
process it
>becomes read-only.  Likewise if User A creates a new document in User
B's
>shared directory... User A has full access, but User B is read-only.  
>
>Is there any way (either through permissions somehow in Samba, or through
>permissions on the windows directory itself) that this problem can be
>resolved.  Although they all have permissions to change file permissions,
>they are getting agrivated (sp?) that they have to do it each and every time
>they go to open a file.
>
>I did see that there was mention in another thread of permissions issues
>with Office applications, but I'm not sure if this is the same issue or
not,
>since I'm dealing with shares on the workstations and not on the server.
>
>Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>  
>
>>>>>>Mike <<<<<
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>
>  
>