samba - Aug 2012 - Samba 3.4.3 and DOS read only

Hi,

Is there an easy way to get Samba v3.4.3 to respond to client requests to
change the read-only attribute by setting/unsetting the unix write bits?
For the shares in question, the unix permissions are not really important,
but managing the RO attribute is. It appears that this was the default
behavior in (very?) old Samba versions, but my server appears to simply
ignore RO attribute change requests.

This is a HP-UX server, using the HP repackage of Samba, based on 3.4.3.
The HP build does not include support for file system extended attributes,
nor does it include the vfs_xattr_tdb module.

Thanks,
Jim Gallagher

Jim Gallagher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there an easy way to get Samba v3.4.3 to respond to client requests to
> change the read-only attribute by setting/unsetting the unix write bits?
> For the shares in question, the unix permissions are not really important,
> but managing the RO attribute is. It appears that this was the default
> behavior in (very?) old Samba versions, but my server appears to simply
> ignore RO attribute change requests.
There is, you need the following and your file system mounted with 
extended attributes enabled

# store DOS attributes in extended attributes
       ea support = yes
       store dos attributes = yes
       map readonly = no
       map archive = no
       map system = no
       map hidden = no
> This is a HP-UX server, using the HP repackage of Samba, based on 3.4.3.
> The HP build does not include support for file system extended attributes,
> nor does it include the vfs_xattr_tdb module.
>
Then you are stuffed I believe.


JAB.

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I added "dos filemode = yes", but it still does not work. Rats...