archive bit on directories

[Christian Barth]

> Dear all,
> 
> Am I correct to assume that setting/clearing the archive bit on
> directories does not work?  Is it possible to set the archive bit on a
> directory recursively on a Windows client?  Anybody any ideas on how to
> get around it?
> 
With samba it is not possible to use the dos archive bit on a 
directory. As the archive bit doen't exist in unix file systems it is 
maped to one of the execute-bits of a file, compare "map archive" in 
smb.conf. But you can't do this with directories because to execute a 
directory means to cd into it. And samba has to cd into the 
directories independant of the archive bit.

Christian

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