Hello all, A month later, I still have this problem. The file srv/samba/share is shared, is has 0777 permissions, and guests can add / edit / delete, etc. Still, it persists that one person on an XP machine can only open the files read-only. Tweaking the smb.conf file has come up cold. I can't figure out why every other computer in the house opens these files just fine, but she has to save locally, rename, and resave to the file server.
This is a ubuntu 9.10 machine. Any ideas? Thanks, Kari On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:11 AM, John Ohm <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as the file sharing, if you are using samba, maybe just tweaking the > smb.conf file will fix the permissions problem. have a look at: > http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html probably > 'force create mode' or it's synonyms will help or are the problem if set > incorrectly now. > John > > > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When the individuals upload a file to the server, it has default >> permissions (don't remember what) that make it so that they are the only >> ones who can edit the file on the server. Others have to save locally and >> then upload to the server again. It's a small thing, but annoying. I don't >> know how to change the default permissions of an uploaded file. >> >> Interestingly, the same is true for their Quickbooks file. The owner >> shares data entry responsibilities with his secretary, but she has to copy >> the data file to her local drive, work on it, and upload it again. They >> cannot "share" the file as they once could when the company used a Buffalo >> Link Station as a file server. (Yes, really.) >> >> ~kari >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Eldridge Torrefranca < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Are you using samba for the file server? Maybe you can try to change the >>> files permission to the users else the configuration of the samba. >>> >>> mario, >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I have heard a lot of buzz among my clients about Sharepoint. As a >>>> Microsoft Partner (and a pretty inactive one, at that), I thought it might >>>> be good to look into it. So I started googling a bit, and it's one big >>>> YAWN. >>>> >>>> A few months ago, I installed a linux server for a new client. This >>>> company uses it solely to share documents, but they are forever frustrated >>>> that when they open a document, the doc is read-only. It's a relatively >>>> minor annoyance, but still. >>>> >>>> So I googled for a linux alternative to Sharepoint (b/c there's just >>>> about always an alternative) and came across alfresco.com. >>>> >>>> Without knowing anything about either sharepoint or alfresco, can I ask >>>> your collective genius about your opinions and experience w/ either/both? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> kari >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Torrefranca Eldridge L. >>> Systems and Network Administration >>> University of San Carlos >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
