samba - May 2000 - Samba + Quickbooks file problems

I updated samba to samba-2.0.7-4 (RedHat RPM).  That didn't help.
I changed the file ownership to user.group from user.user.  That didn't
help.
I changed the file permissions to -rwxrwxr-- as you had suggested, and then
it worked.
(QuickBooks 99 needs *both* the file permissions set as noted *and* the
ownership also.)

However, when everyone closes QuickBooks the QBI file is deleted, and when
the first person opens the QBW up again the QBI file is created,
permissions get set to -rwxrwxr--, and the ownership becomes user.user.
Non 'user' access is denied until the ownership and permissions are
changed.

I have found that using the 'admin users = +group' parameter will allow
things to work properly.  Although calling any non-root user root bothers
me slightly, I can't see the harm in it ('force user = +someuser'
could be
done instead, but root makes about as much sense as anybody, and
"nobody"
would cause security problems with non-samba access). Coupled with the
'force group = +group' parameter, the file permissions and ownerships on
all the files in the share will be identical... which mimicks Windows file
sharing closer, I think (which is done on a per-share basis, rather than on
a per-file one).

Thanks.
Lee Howard


At 09:34 PM 5/21/00 -0400, Tom Diehl wrote:
>Hi Lee,
>
>I might have a solution for you. I was playing today and I installed 
>samba 2.0.7 with qb99 on 2 winbloze machines. With the unix permissions
>set rwxrwxrwx the file sharing stuff seems to work. If I set the unix
>permissions to rwxrw-r-- It barfs. I do not want full rwx on the quick 
>books stuff as too many people can be nosey that way. I discovered
>that rwxrwxr-- works though. I can see the need for the x on the directory
>but I donot see the need for it on the qb files. For some reason though
>it appears to need the x on the files. Now if I could just get the force
>create mask stuff to work. No matter what I set it to it makes the files
>rwxrw-r--. I need the x for the group permissions.
>
>Hope this helps and let me know how you make out,
>
>......Tom			"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
>tdiehl@pil.net			 for you are crunchy and good with ketchup."
>
>	 Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
>

On Thu, 25 May 2000, Lee Howard wrote:
> I updated samba to samba-2.0.7-4 (RedHat RPM).  That didn't help.
> I changed the file ownership to user.group from user.user.  That didn't
help.
> I changed the file permissions to -rwxrwxr-- as you had suggested, and then
> it worked.
> (QuickBooks 99 needs *both* the file permissions set as noted *and* the
> ownership also.)
> 
> However, when everyone closes QuickBooks the QBI file is deleted, and when
> the first person opens the QBW up again the QBI file is created,
> permissions get set to -rwxrwxr--, and the ownership becomes user.user.
> Non 'user' access is denied until the ownership and permissions are
changed.
Change the directory permissions to rwxrwsr-- (note the lower case "s"
that
is the key) and set the group that you want the files to maintain on that
directory that will stop that nonesence. If there is a better way I am open 
to suggestions but so far that seems to work.
> 
> I have found that using the 'admin users = +group' parameter will
allow
> things to work properly.  Although calling any non-root user root bothers
> me slightly, I can't see the harm in it ('force user =
+someuser' could be
> done instead, but root makes about as much sense as anybody, and
"nobody"
> would cause security problems with non-samba access). Coupled with the
> 'force group = +group' parameter, the file permissions and
ownerships on
> all the files in the share will be identical... which mimicks Windows file
> sharing closer, I think (which is done on a per-share basis, rather than on
> a per-file one).
I do not want to use root for the qbooks file so I created a qbooks user and 
group. That way I can control just who has access. I am still working on
how to get all files created with rwxrwx--- permissions though. I still do not
understand the force create mode stuff. Seems simple enough but I cannot 
get it to work. Anyone care to explain this so a dummy like me can 
understand it?

TIA,

......Tom			"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
tdiehl@pil.net			 for you are crunchy and good with ketchup."

	 Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.