[Samba] Unable to delete files on Samba share

[Brandon Laing]

Hey list,

I'm seeing some strange behavior on a Samba server on a Fedora Core 2 
system. What's happening is that a user, with full access to a folder, 
will delete a file through Windows explorer. The file will disappear, 
just like it was deleted. However, upon a refresh, the file is back 
again. Thus far, the only workaround I've found is to change the user to 
be the owner of the file/folder they're trying to delete. With an office 
full of people using and sharing files/folders, this is not an efficient 
way to go about doing things.

Our shares are set up to give access by group, and these users all have 
full access to the folders they're trying to delete files out of. For 
some reason though, the file isn't being deleted.

I've tried this on 2 file servers now, just to be sure. One is a Fedora 
Core 2 system running Samba 3.0.10-1.fc2, and the other is running 
Fedora Core 3 running Samba 3.0.11. Both systems show the same thing. 
All workstations connecting to these systems are running Windows XP Home 
with SP2 installed.

The smb.conf file is quite simple, and looks like this:

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[global]
   workgroup = Production
   server string = Fileserver

   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   load printers = yes
   cups options = raw
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
   max log size = 50

   security = user

   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

   dns proxy = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
   valid users = %S
   create mode = 0600
   directory mode = 0600

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes

[Share1]
   comment = Share1
   path = /folder1
   valid users = @accounting, at sales, at dataentry, at operations
   public = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no
   create mask = 3660
   directory mask = 3770

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Any suggestions on why this is happening?

Thanks,
Brandon