Hello, I'm replying to my own mail ;)
I solved the problem in a different way. It seems to be using acls is the only solution. This is not that really what i wanted, because i tried to avoid using acls on my filesystems. Thanks, -jsz- On 20 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm using samba as a Domain Controller, and i have the following > question: > > It is possible to change an object's (file/dir) GROUP from Windows > Explorer on a Samba server? I tried editing/changing via Security tab the > unix-mapped Special Permission trio ($user, $group, Everybody) but it > fails when I tried to save with the "Unable to save permission changes on > <object>. Permission denied" message. I was logged in as admin user. Unix > <-> NT Group mappings are OK. Everything else works fine, so I can take > ownership, I can change other file/dir permissions like Read/Write/Exec on > user/group/other. > > > Tried on systems: > > RedHat 7.3 > 2.4.20-28.7smp > samba-3.0.9 (rebuilt from samba.org-wendored .src.rpm) > (also tried with 3.0.7) > ext3 fs > > Fedora Core 3 > 2.6.9-xxx (latest update at this time) > samba-3.0.8pre2 (original distro build) > ext3 fs > > I also tried changing GROUP using smbcacls, and if I used > > - with -G <groupname> works OK, the object's group is changed > - with -M GROUP:<groupname> fails as did not returns any error message > but no change happen > > Same effect if I tried changing the OWNER via smbcacls, -C works fine, > -M OWNER:<ownername> fails to produce any changes without an error. > > I tried this on all of my systems, the same effect all the time. > > If You need further data such as my smb.conf just ask for it, I > didn't want to flood the list with unsolicitated information. > > Any clue? > > Thanks, > -jsz- > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba