DOS mode bits missing from Folders

[jra at dp.samba.org]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:53:17PM +0100, Jean Francois Micouleau wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Pagani Jr, Ronald wrote:
> 
> > Why not store DOS bit modes in an accompanying dot file?  (The DOS
> > modes then read by smbd if it (the dot file) exists)
> 
> this idea has already been bitten to death. When you backup files, you
> have to backup the dot file. Renaming is more complex. What does happen if
> you delete the file from the unix side and create a new file with the same
> name ?
> 
> A more elegant solution is to use EA.

Yep - that's on my list of things to do for 3.0.x..... :-).

Jeremy.