On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, John H Terpstra wrote: > On Thursday 13 October 2005 05:42, Przemyslaw Tokarski wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, John H Terpstra wrote: > > > On Wednesday 12 October 2005 07:31, Przemyslaw Tokarski wrote: > > > > Hello !! > > > > > > > > When a user edits a file belonging to another user and then saves the > > > > file he becomes the owner of that file. Both users belong to the same > > > > group and the file can be read or written to by the group members. > > > > Server: Red hat 9, kernel 2.4.20-31.9, Samba 3.0.7, unix extensions > > > > enabled > > > > Client: Red hat 9, kernel 2.4.20-31.9, shares mounted via smbfs or cifs > > > > (the same behaviour). > > > > > > > > Is that all normal or did I do something wrong ? > > > > > > > > I'll appreciate your comments and suggestions. > > > > > > Does your situation match that described in Section 15.6.3 of the > > > Samba3-HOWTO? > > > > > > You can obtain a PDF of the HOWTO from: > > > > > > http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-HOWTO.pdf > > > > > > If your case matches this situation the probem you are dealing with is a > > > known feature of how Windows Office products function. Please see the > > > work-around that has been documented in the HOWTO. > > > > Unfortunately the problem in question occurs under linux as a client. > > Shares are mounted via smbfs or cifs (the same behaviour) and files are > > edited with vi. When I edit files on a local linux filesystem the owner > > is not changed. This "glitch" might propably prevent quotas from > > functionning properly. Suggested workaround does not make the ownership > > of the file being retained as far as I understand. What do you think > > about it ? > > Sorry, but smbfs and cifsfs are not part of Samba. They are independant Linux > kernel driver projects. Samba provides only front-end user-space libraries > for the kernel drivers. You need to take this issue up on the smbfs and/or > cifsfs mailing lists. > > - John T. >
OK. Best regards Przemyslaw Tokarski Lodz, Poland PS. If I find the the solution I'll post it here. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
