On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Catalin BOIE wrote:
> 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.
The ftp server should be able to put to the file as long as it is open
(even if you delete the link to it!)
> >
> >
> > >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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