DOS mode bits missing from Folders

[Pagani Jr, Ronald]

Why not store DOS bit modes in an accompanying dot file?  (The DOS 
modes then read by smbd if it (the dot file) exists)

Ron ;)


On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 10:04 AM, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

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> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Esh, Andrew wrote:
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>> I have a question about the following piece of code in HEAD 
>> smbd/dosmode.c,
>> at line 139:
>>
>> 	if (S_ISDIR(sbuf->st_mode))
>> 		result = aDIR | (result & aRONLY);
>>
>> This causes the DOS mode "HSA" Hidden, System, and Archive bits to be
>> stripped off if a folder is being processed. This makes it impossible 
>> to
>> store these bits on a Samba server. Windows allows them to be stored 
>> for
>> folders, except for the "S" System bit.
>>
>> Why are these bits being stripped off folders?
>>
>> Shouldn't it be:
>>
>> 	if (S_ISDIR(sbuf->st_mode))
>> 		result |= aDIR;
>>
>> When I made that change, folders began to retain DOS bits like the 
>> ones
>> stored on Windows do.
>
> The e(X)exute bits are special on folders.  For example, if you remove 
> the
> archive (user 'x' bit) from a directory, you will not be able to 
> change to
> that directory.
>
> The DOS mode bit stuff really needs a better solution.
>
>
>
> cheers, jerry
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