Hello group, I have setup 3 simple shares from *nix with 3 Windoze clients. The shares work perfect, however, after 10~15 minutes of usage the shares are returned to their default permissions and they clients lose their ability to connect to the shares. I did a ls -l on the shares and noticed that their permissions changed after the time with no user or administrator interaction. Example: Before dwrdwr--- MP3 MP3 dwrxwr-- FOO FOO After 10~15 minutes dwr------ MP3 MP3 dwr------ FOO FOO
Can you please include your host OS and your smb.conf file?
Currently, I am using Mandrake Linux 10.1 (download edition) for Samba
version (3.0.7). Again, thank you for all or any of your help. 
 
[global]
 
   workgroup = MSHOME
 
   server string = MSHOME Server
 
 
   printcap name = cups
   load printers = yes
 
 
   printing = cups
 
 
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
 
   max log size = 50
 
  map to guest = bad user
 
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
 
  dns proxy = no 
 
 
 
#============================ Share Definitions
============================== 
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
[MP3]
   path = /home/MP3
   comment = MP3 Share
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
   create mode = 744
   directory mask = 750
[Software]
   path = /home/SOFTWARE
   comment = Software Share
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
[SHARED_FILES]
   path = /home/SHARED_FILES
   comment = Share Files
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
   create mode = 777
   directory mask = 777
 
 
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
 
   guest ok = yes
   writable = no
   printable = yes
   create mode = 0700
 
 
[pdf-gen]
   path = /var/tmp
   guest ok = No
   printable = Yes
   comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
   printing = bsd
   printcap name = cups
   #print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf
file path win_path recipient IP &
   print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf
"%s" "%H" "//%L/%u" "%m" "%I"
"%J" &
    lpq command = /bin/true
Hello group, 
 
I have setup 3 simple shares from *nix with 3 Windoze clients. The shares
work perfect when first created, however, after 10~15 minutes of usage the
shares are returned to their default permissions and the clients lose their
ability to connect to the shares. I did an ls -l on the shares and noticed
that their permissions changed after the time with no user or administrator
interaction.  Currently, I am using Mandrake Linux 10.1 (download edition)
and Samba version (3.0.7). Again, thank you for all or any of your help. And
I apologize for the incomplete posting from earlier.
 
 
Example:
 
 
 
Before
 
dwrdwr---           MP3     MP3
 
dwrxwr--            FOO     FOO
 
 
 
After 10~15 minutes
 
dwr------             MP3     MP3
 
dwr------             FOO     FOO
 
-------------- next part --------------
[global]
 
   workgroup = MSHOME
 
   server string = MSHOME Server
 
 
   printcap name = cups
   load printers = yes
 
 
   printing = cups
 
 
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
 
   max log size = 50
 
  map to guest = bad user
 
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
 
  dns proxy = no 
 
 
 
#============================ Share Definitions ============================== 
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
[MP3]
   path = /home/MP3
   comment = MP3 Share
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
   create mode = 744
   directory mask = 750
[Software]
   path = /home/SOFTWARE
   comment = Software Share
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
[SHARED_FILES]
   path = /home/SHARED_FILES
   comment = Share Files
   browseable = yes
   writable = yes
   create mode = 777
   directory mask = 777
 
 
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
 
   guest ok = yes
   writable = no
   printable = yes
   create mode = 0700
 
 
[pdf-gen]
   path = /var/tmp
   guest ok = No
   printable = Yes
   comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
   printing = bsd
   printcap name = cups
   #print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf
file path win_path recipient IP &
   print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf
"%s" "%H" "//%L/%u" "%m" "%I"
"%J" &
    lpq command = /bin/true