I don't use Samba, but found this in my RSS feeds today. I hope it is useful.
http://reformedmusings.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/samba-file-sharing-in-ubuntu-lucid-10-04-lts/ Roy On 24 May 2010 19:58, grey smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Please excuse me if have you done this already. Any possibility of getting > another XP machine to borrow and test? > Possibly you could install in a virtual machine from the same cd used to > install the existing XP computer to test? > I had a dell laptop that bsod w/ the dell supplied XP disc and a particular > AV program. Switching to an unused generic copy of XP had no problems with > the AV program on the same laptop. So I am thinking it could be a quirk in > the OS it self causing the problem? > > Just an idea, hope you find a solution. Good luck. > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > -- > 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. 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