Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:10:07 +0200 From: Tim Priebe <tim@iafrica.com.na> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@freebsd.org>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samba and read-only attribute Message-ID: <99100712141801.12711@310.priebe.alt.na> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910071904270.28291-100000@enya.clari.net.au>
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I believe there is an option is samba to have all of the files owned by user X that samba runs as, and have samba look after all of the access permissions. I hope this is accurate, it was a couple of months back that I read the documentation. What I am talking about is in the documentation, but I do not have time to look for it now. Tim. On Thu, 07 Oct 1999, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > I've installed a samba fileserver for a client, and it seems that in > scoping the job I failed to discover that the customer makes extensive use > of the read-only attribute with the old NT file server, setting RO on > files which should not be accidentally changed. > > The problem lies in the fact that with the old system any user who had rw > access to the directory and the files in it could also set the RO > attribute. With FreeBSD, only the owner can change the permissions on a > file. > > I've read the samba docs and everywhere it seems to say that samba is > never less restrictive than the underlying Unix filesystem. I've e-mailed > the samba mailling list and heard nothing. > > Does anyone have any idea how I can provide the customer with the desired > functionality? I'm prepared to hack the samba code and the ufs code if > necessary, but I'd prefer not to do that, of course. > > Please respond quickly. There is urgency in resolving this issue. > > Thanks, > > Danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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