Hi Joel, I had already set dos filetimes=yes. I still see the same behavior. As a test I tried copying a file from one pc to another pc. The file creation timestamp on the copy retains the original file creation time.
Seems like a strange behavior to me. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike McMullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] File Creation Dates Question > Here is what man smb.conf has to say: > dos filetimes (S) > Under DOS and Windows, if a user can write to a > file they can change the timestamp on it. Under > POSIX semantics, only the owner of the file or root > may change the timestamp. By default, Samba runs > with POSIX semantics and refuses to change the > timestamp on a file if the user smbd is acting on > behalf of is not the file owner. Setting this > option to true allows DOS semantics and smbd will > change the file timestamp as DOS requires. > > Default: dos filetimes = no > > Now, it may be that the user smbd is running under doesn't own the file. > > But, it may be that dos filetimes won't, at least by themselves, solve > this problem. > > See my other post about a brute force workaround. > > Joel > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 09:34:08AM -0800, Mike McMullen wrote: > > Hi Joel, > > > > Thanks for the response. I have set dos filetimes = yes in the conf > > file but that doesn't seem to have an effect. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joel Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Mike McMullen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [Samba] File Creation Dates Question > > > > > > > Just free associating here. > > > > > > The parameter dos filetimes may relate to your situation. > > > > > > If samba does not have an easy way of doing this, you might get > > > creative. You might use force create mode to change the permissions > > > of the file when it is transferred (created?) to the samba share. For > > > example, you might make any new file transferred up to be unreadable > > > by anyone but the owner. Or, you could use force user to make it owned > > > by some bogus owner like newfile (which may have to exist). Then, > > > every minute, on the server run a script which touch'es any file with > > > those ownership or permissions characteristics. This script could also > > > change the file permission/ownership back to what they should be. > > > > > > Joel > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 01:35:31AM -0800, Mike McMullen wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I searched the archives for a solution to this issue > > > > but didn't find any thing. > > > > > > > > I have an office with a mix of PCs running ME and XP > > > > that use Samba 2.2.7 under RH Linux 7.3 as an archive > > > > for mortgage information. > > > > > > > > When documents are moved to the Samba share, the file > > > > creation timestamp on the Linux box reflects the time the files > > > > were created on the PCs. What I need is for the creation > > > > timestamp to be when it was created on the Linux box by > > > > the copy or move. > > > > > > > > We have some scripts that execute every 20 minutes that > > > > use find to locate new files added within that time frame. > > > > Files are falling through the cracks because the script > > > > sees the original PC creation time and not the Linux creation > > > > time. > > > > > > > > Any insight on how to remedy this will be great appreciated! > > > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike McMullen > > > > > > > > CIO - Baton, Inc. > > > > > > > > 7637 Fair Oaks Blvd Suite #2 > > > > Carmichael, CA 95608 > > > > > > > > Tel: 1-866-515-4421 or 916-944-7790 ext. 2 > > > > Fax: 1-866-843-8795 or 916-944-8422 > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Web: www.loanprocessing.net > > > > > > > > "From chaos comes true genius..." > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba