Yes and yes. I was referring to deleting excel files while in windows but off a samba share.
It worked for me, I changed ownership of the parent directory to root and staff group and set the sticky bit. Funny this is, you can still delete the file, or so it seems. Selecting the file and pressing delete makes it disappearing but should yu refresh the directory, it reappears. Setting the sticky bit solved the problem Cheers, J On 11/12/08, Mike Barnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph, did this work for you. I realise that you were talking about > deleting Excel spreadsheets, i assume that these files are being accessed > via M$ Windows from a samba share or something... > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:05 AM, joseph mpora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think I got the answer, will put links here for others who might >> encounter similar problem >> >> >> http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1226476789474+28353475&threadId=123050 >> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/lpt/22_06.html >> >> Google to the rescue once again :) >> >> On 11/12/08, joseph mpora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Dear lug, >> > >> > I have a couple of excel spreadsheets on a samba share that have read >> > and write permissions set for owner and group. These are accessed by >> > teachers to input assessment records. >> > >> > Problem is, someone keeps deleting them and I keep having to restore >> > them from backup. I know it's someone because they are the only files >> > that keep disappearing. >> > >> > Is there a way of allowing users to read and write to the file without >> > being able to delete it? Or even better, log every file deletion per >> > user? >> > >> > Cheers, Joseph >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > > > -- > Mike > > Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in > a million chances happen 99% of the time. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
