Hi all
Please CC me any replies.
I am currently running samba 2.2.8a under Slackware 8.1 (kernel 2.4.18) to
provide fileserver services to a number of windows 2000 boxes via a single
"resources" share. One of the things stored in this share is a
collection
of Protel libraries used in electronic circuit design.
The problem is that protel implements its own access control mechanism for
these libraries. When the first user accesses a library, a control file is
created by protel. When subsequent users open/access the libraries, protel
wants to access and modify this control file. The problem is that the
control file is owned by the first user to start protel at a given time.
The users' umasks are set to allow only "user" write permission
(as is
sensible) - the problem is that other users then can't alter this file.
The first user can do a manual chmod after starting protel to allow group
writes (at which point things work fine) but the chmod remains in force
until the file is deleted - which happens when the last user finishes using
protel.
What I need is a way to enable a group-writeable file creation mask for
files created in a single directory of the share, or, more generally, a way
to specify "create mask" or "force create mode" for specific
subdirectories
of a share (not for the entire share).
I've thought of a number of possible ways of solving this problem, but none
of them are particularly attractive.
1) Move the server (or at least the protel users) to a "user group"
regime
2) write a small samba VFS module to trap creations in this one directory
and deal with them accordingly
3) set up a separate share for the protel libraries and force masks in that
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Best regards
jonathan
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