Various little questions

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 11:18:04AM -0500, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
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> | 2) The delete readonly parameter
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> |    I did a simple test of the "delete readonly" parameter.  I found that
> |    W2K allowed me to delete a readonly file on a Samba share no matter
> |    what the setting of "delete readonly".
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> |    Can someone else confirm this?  What am I seeing and what is the
> |    expected behavior?
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> |    Reading the docs, I assumed that the default (delete readonly = no)
> |    would prevent me from deleting a readonly file.  How does W2K get
> |    around this?  Does it cause Samba to chmod the file?
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> File a bug if you found one :-)

I am trying to figure out whether it's a bug or not.  I need a clearer 
picture of what to expect.

It may be that W2K is chmoding the file in order to delete it, which would 
be okay.

Chris -)-----

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