On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Randall J. Parr wrote: > From an RH8 server, I am accessing an RH73 server using Samba. > > I have Samba configured on both servers and have no problem accessing > the servers from each other and from W2K systems. > > BUT when, from (for example) the RH8 server, I copy files from a Samba > mount of the RH73 server I loose the uid/gid/perms. > > Can anyone point me at a way to configure the Samba server and/or client > so that uid/gid/perms are preserved when performing such a copy?
No. Samba talks Windows' protocols, and Windows doesn't comprehend Unix metadata. If you want to share data beteen Linux/Unix, use NFS. y
