samba - Jan 2001 - directory permissions - SOLVED

It turns out I had left the directory mask option set to the default, which
is 0755. This is anded with any permissions change, which resulted in the
non-setting of the write group privileges.

However, when you right click the directory in the explorer in Win2K and
examine the properties tab, none of the permissions set for the directory
show - all fields are blank. Pressing the "advanced" button yields
another
dialog with the actual permissions. Is this the expected behavior?

Craig

Hello Samba Folk,

I have a an application, ACT2000, that stores its files on my
Samba server.  The server has been in use for a couple of years
running various versions of Samba over time and has never given me
headaches like it is with this app.  Whenever there is something
more involved than a single record update (such as changing the
same field in 700 records), the app crawls to a halt.  In the
given example, it took 20 minutes to complete but the same
operation done on a local hard drive took less than a minute.  The
server itself doesn't seem to be that bogged down (max load avg
1.3 maybe 1.5), but the PC is crawling.

DEC AlphaServer 400 4/233  192MB RAM
DECchip 21143 100Mbit ethernet
DEC Unix 4.0d
Samba 2.0.7

Any clues will be gratefully received.

thx,

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Joseph F. Noonan
Systems Manager 				
Rigaku/MSC			
jfn@msc.com