Samba 2.2.7 Oddities

Richard Sharpe rsharpe at richardsharpe.com
Thu Nov 6 07:45:49 GMT 2003


On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Michael B Allen wrote:

> I noticed two entirly unrelated strange things about Samba
> 2.2.7-security-rollup-fix today.

Ummm, 2.2.7 is, ummm, old.
 
> First, you get Access denied trying to delete a file if it was previously
> read-only and changed to non-read-only using TRANS2_SET_FILE_INFORMATION
> *and* bit 0x80 (ATTR_NORMAL) in searchAttributes of the SMB_COM_DELETE
> request is not set. If ATTR_NORMAL is set the subsequent delete works. NT
> 4.0 has no problem with ATTR_NORMAL on or off.
> 
> Second, with the following config:
> 
> [global]
>    workgroup = NYCRSCH
>    preferred master = no
>    local master = no
>    server string = Samba Server
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = no
>    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>    max log size = 0
>    security = user
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>    dns proxy = no
>    wins server = 147.135.97.64
>    unix password sync = Yes
>    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>    passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
> *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>    pam password change = yes
>    obey pam restrictions = yes
>    host msdfs = yes
> 
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>    valid users = %S
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 0775
> 
> [tmp]
>    comment = Temporary file space
>    path = /tmp
>    read only = no
>    public = yes
> [dfs]
>    comment = Public Stuff
>    path = /home/miallen/tmp/dfs
>    public = yes
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
>    msdfs root = yes
> 
> listing subdirectories in tmp would list the contents of tmp. The
> subdirectory does not even need to exist. Perhaps all the 'tmp's are
> getting crossed?
> 
> Just FYI,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 

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