samba - Nov 1997 - files owned by root

Hi

	though I still can't reproduce it, my lusers can create
	root owned files/directories in their directories using
	normal w95/nt clients. (they say it's a random thing;
	sometimes the files are created with the right owner,
	and sometimes they aren't; and I've seen the bad files.)

	Any idea about what could be wrong?

	Samba version 1.9.17p4
	IRIX 6.2
	using XFS filesystem
	with quotas
	with restricted_chown = 1
	with lots of patches
	using DES passwords for samba


	some (maybe) relevant settings:

	[global]
	share modes = yes
	dead time = 720
	dont descend = /proc /etc /debug /dev /root
	invalid users = root [other system accounts]
	[homes]
		comment = Home Directories
		browseable = yes
		read only = no
		create mode = 0750
		invalid users = guest


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I was playing with logon scripts today and I was wondering something.

I had my logon scripts defined as %G\%U.bat

to decrease administration I tried 
logon script = global.bat %U %G
trying to pass variables to the batch file.

why does this not work.

When I do it NO logon script runs under win95.

When I take off the  %U %G then the script runs.

is their anyway to pass these parameters to the script? 
and if not why not?

-sv

thanks

With regards to your message at 12:59 PM 11-12-97 +1100,
samba@samba.anu.edu.au. Where you stated:
>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 09:23:04 -0500
>From: Jason Gerrity <jason.gerrity@sheridanc.on.ca>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <samba@samba.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: Anyone else seen this?
>Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19971111092304.006cf658@pop.sheridanc.on.ca>
>
>Hello All,
>
>I was just wondering if anyone else is seeing these problems...
>
>Every so often our Win95 clients can not authenticate.  They get the error:
>
>"The network could not validate your username.  You cannot use Windows
>unless your username is validated by the network.  Make sure you typed
>everything corectly, or contact your administrator."
>
>(which is due to our policy file setting of not allowing access if not
>authenticated)
>
>Or the machine will seem to hang for 30 sec to a minute and then go to a
>local login prompt and hitting escape or cancel will bring the user to a
>default desktop.
>
>These interruptions in authentication last for a random amount of time
>5,10,15,etc mins.  Nothing is done on the server end and they will suddenly
>be able to login again.
>
>During this time, users who are currently logged in work ok.  We can ping
>the login servers and the homedir servers (we're using the NIS auto.map
>features to have our homedirs on different servers)  The log files don't
>show any connections from the clients during this time (except the ones
>already logged in). DHCP works during this (if we get to a default desktop
>then winipcfg /renew all works)
>
>we have done some packet tracing and tcpdumps and it appears that the
>client requests are seen by the server but Samba is not responding to
them...
>
>This is becoming VERY annoying and we're running out of ideas.
>
>Our system is:
>
>2 Dec Alphas 3.2g (same subnet- each with multiple interfaces) - 1 home dir
>1 login/file server
>~150 Pentium clients running win95 (OSR2)
>Samba 17p4
>
>We are also experiencing a problem with our printers (qms 1725) with print
>ques on the servers going "off-line" as reported by Win95 and jobs
not
>being printed.  If the user logs back in (if the authentication problem
>doesn't stop them) then a message appears saying they have jobs in the
que
>and to print or delete them...selecting print will print the jobs.
>
>If you try to remove all printers in Win95 then add a new one, you get the
>error that the printer is off-line.  This too is a random problem that will
>go away.
I wonder if the DNS services are busy/not working for short intervals. This
would do this to you...


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