On Friday 06 Dec 2002 9:30 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 08:10, Ken Walker wrote: > > I have a folder called Cad12. > > > > I originally created it su root. > > > > so i log on as me, say kenny > > > > then i su to root > > > > i change the group ownership of that folder to Cad > > > > then i go to a LM8.1 machine and smbmount to Cad12. > > > > no prob. > > > > do a couple of cp's to cad12, check out everythings doing what i wanted. > > > > no prob. > > > > say 10 minutes goes by. > > > > now i'm ready to cp the whole contents of a folder. > > > > It says permission denied. > > > > so i think ok, i'll smbumount the mounted folder and start again. > > > > I get permission denied again, can't smbumount. > > > > look on the LM9 machine, and bugger me the group has gone back to root. > > > > So change it back to Cad > > > > to back to LM8.1 and can now smbumount. > > > > This has been going on for a few days on this LM9 machine. > > > > Every time i change permissions, groups, owners it reverts back to the > > original settings within say 10 minutes > > > > Can anybody explain this. > > > > It even does it in the middle of a directory copy to the smbmounted > > machine and kills the copy. > > > > I really don't understand why it changes everything back on its own. I > > DON'T WANT IT TO. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Mr Smiley > > That's truly mega-weird-strange-freaky-mindboggling....and you ain't > been smoking nuthin today, right? (JOKING) > > I wouldn't think that SMB would be changing the perms on the > files/folders...at least I'm fairly certain it wouldn't... > > (Gosh, Batman - that doesn't happen on my RH box...) > (g)
This question comes up every few weeks. Mandrake runs a security system called msec (mandrake secure) which runs hourly and daily. It goes through a suite of sercurity tests to make sure your machine has not been compromised, and tightens up security holes. This is what you are seeing. What it does depends on the security level you have selected. As from Mandrake 9.0 there is a panel in Mandrake Control Centre to enable you to enable/disable individual tests, and to define which directories the tests are performed on. For more info read the page on msec on the Mandrake Secure site. derek
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