On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 04:30:54AM -0700, av78us vaal wrote: > Hi, > Is there a way to configure samba such that Windows applications are not > allowed to change file permissions for existing files in the share. > I just want to be able to read and modify the files from Windows without > affecting the file permissions inadvertently. I do not care about any Windows > side file attributes such as ACL. > I tried several things including parameters such as 'map archive = no', > 'security mask = xxx' etc. Nothing seem to result in what exactly I want. > This is surprising considering that my requirement is very simple.
You can always set "nt acl support = no", which is an old option from when we first added Windows ACLs. Also setting map XXX = no will stop DOS attributes being mapped to POSIX permissions. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba