Thank you for responding to my post. As for your question, my concern is not that (as you put it) "the date of last modification [is] the date of the file". It is, rather, this:
If today I do "cat file.txt" on a text file whose last-modifiation date is December 23, 2003, I would not expect "ls -l file.txt" to display April 17, 2004 as the last-modification date. Similarly, if right now I simply open, then close an xls file, without saving any changes, I would not expect its last-modification date to change to now. The last-modification date should not change as a result of just reading the file. There would have to be some writing too. Are you saying that MS-Excel is designed so that reading an xls file in MS-excel actually writes changes to the file, even if the end-user does not save or auto-save any changes? Regards, --- RRuegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Heintzberger schrieb: > > Hello Everyone! > > > > Perhaps some of you have some advice for dealing > with > > this problem? I've done quite a bit of googling on > > this one, but I can't find anything useful. > > > > Ever since I started using Samba as PDC, I have > had > > this problem: when users merely open MS-Excel > files on > > samba shares, the file's Last-Modification date > is > > incremented to the current time. > > > > I have seen similar behavior with MS-Word files > long > > ago when using WINNT4 as PDC, and it was caused by > a > > macro-virus, but in this case, it doesn't seem to > be > > virus-related. > > > > If the same Excel file is copied to a user's local > "C" > > drive, the problem ceases. > > > > The problem of modifying-by-merely-opening began, > I > > think, when I changed the PDC to samba. > > > > I had this problem using Samba 2.7* on RedHat 7.2 > over > > a year ago. I'm currently using samba 2.2.8a on > > FreeBSD 4.9 with a similar configuration, and I > still > > have the problem. > > > > Is it possible to stop this problem using > adjustable > > configuration parameters in smb.conf? > > > > Here's my smb.conf, in case it's needed: > > > > --------------------------- > > [global] > > netbios name = netbiosname > > workgroup = workgroup > > security = user > > domain logons = yes > > time server = yes > > server string = Samba %v on %L > > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > > max log size = 2000 > > > > ### Security Settings ### > > hosts allow = [omitted for this post] 127. > > hosts deny = ALL > > invalid users = root > > ;Unreadable files shouldn't even appear > > ;hide unreadable = yes > > ;Prevent browsing by default > > browseable = no > > > > ### Users and Passwords ### > > [omitted for this post] > > > > ### Performance ### > > deadtime = 15 > > getwd cache = yes > > lpq cache time = 45 > > socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY > > oplocks = yes > > level2 oplocks = yes > > #veto oplock files = /*.xls/*.XLS/ > > > > ### Domain ### > > local master = yes > > os level = 65 > > domain master = yes > > preferred master = yes > > domain logons = yes > > logon script = %U.bat > > logon drive = M: > > logon path = \\netbiosname\profiles\%U > > > > # Name Resolution > > wins support = yes > > wins proxy = yes > > dns proxy = yes > > > > # Case > > preserve case = yes > > short preserve case = yes > > default case = lower > > case sensitive = no > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > #Sample Share Definition: > > > > [clients] > > comment = Client Directory > > path = /usr/local/samba/clients > > browseable = yes > > force create mode = 0664 > > force directory mode = 0775 > > force group = users > > invalid users = invlink > > map archive = no > > printable = no > > public = no > > valid users = @users > > writable = yes > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > hi, theres is detailed info in the official howto > about ms-office, > at last i remember this features are by design of ms > office, and why > should not the date of last modification be the date > of the file? > Best Regards __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba