delete problems

[Chris Winczewski]

--- Andrew Bruno <abruno at zeta.org.au> wrote:
> Hello Chris
> 
> On 17-Jan-01, you wrote:
> 
> > I have my samba server up and running and my
> windows98
> > clients can see and write to a public drive that I
> > have set up.  The problem is that I cannot delete
> from
> > the windows side.  I get an error:  "File system
> error
> > 1036".  I even checked the status in swat and it
> said
> > the file was read only but the permissions were
> 766.
> 
> I have read about this problem before and here are
> my thoughts:
> 
> Try these things first -
> 
> 1)  Try to delete the files from a "shell" (msdos
> prompt)
> 
> I feel that there could have "illegal" characters in
> them.   Eg:  / \ :
> 
> In some systems some of those characters are
> allowed, and some not.
> 
> If there is a conflict, that could be causing the
> problem.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> All Tied Up and No Place to Go....
> 
> Andrew Bruno
> abruno at zeta.org.au
> 
Deleting from a DOS shell works.  Anyone know why
windows explorer has a problem with deletion?

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