On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Bruce Stephens wrote:
> Run a small cron program that assesses the files every wee while
> and resets the ownerships and protections. Also can used to cleanup junk!
> Regards,
> Bruce.
I don't know if it's the best idea because the ftp client cannot put the
file, anymore. I'm not sure, but...
Maybe, a better idea is to have a cron entry that verify the last date of
write to the file and if it's more than an hour, change the ownership.
>
>
> >Hello All,
> >
> >I have a customer running a linux box as an FTP/File Server running Samba
> >for files services. Basically this customer has clients that FTP files to
> >their linux box from remote sites, and use the file services to pull those
> >files on to their local PC's.
> >
> >These files that are uploaded are very large (100's of megabytes each) and
> >will require them to be deleted on a daily basis (that is deleted off of
> >the linux box). I have Samba and FTP running just fine. I can see the
> >directories of the FTP users as well as see the files that they have
> >uploaded. The problem I am running into is simply this...THEY CANNOT
> >DELETE THE FILES BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED BY THE USER WHO UPLOADED THE FILE.
> >
> >I am stumped on how to assign proper ownership rights to the people that
> >work with the files on the local network. When they go to delete the
> >files off of the Linux box, they get a "Permission Denied" error (due to
> >the files being owned by the FTP user). I would appreciate any ideas that
> >you might have in resolving this dilema.
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> >Chris McGlasson
> >Senior Systems Engineer
> >Lightspeed Technologies, Inc.
> >http://www.ltinetworks.com
> >
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