It would appear that this problem can be avoided by putting "force user = someuser" in the relevant share definition, and then doing "chown someuser" on the relevant excel files.
--- Eric Heintzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the information. The problems and > solutions > you cite *are* related, I think, because I have > found > that my problem occurs only on Excel files that the > user does not own -- an important fact I didn't see > before. > > --- RRuegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric Heintzberger schrieb: > > > > > 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 > > >>> > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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