[Samba] File permissions

Scott Mayo sgmayo at mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us
Tue Aug 20 05:21:02 GMT 2002


Once they created the (drag and drop anyway) they could not delete the file
either.  That worked fine.  It seems strange that I have to drag and drop
though and am not just able to 'save as'.

Scott Mayo
Tech Coordinator
Bloomfield Schools
PH:  (573) 568-4564
FX:  (573) 568-5681
Pager:  (800) 264-2535  X2549
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Hammer" <Joel at HammersHome.com>
To: "Scott Mayo" <sgmayo at mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] File permissions


> Another poster suggested that the files might still be deletable. Have you
> checked that out?
> Meanwhile, I am trying to find out how samba actually deletes files. I
> don't think it uses the rm command but I can't find the place in the
> source code that deletes a file. If I could, I might suggest just patching
> it so that smbd cannot delete any files, then run that version of samba
> for the students.
>
> Joel
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 08:29:20AM -0500, Scott Mayo wrote:
> > Joel,
> >     Thanks.  Your suggestions helped.  I thought the force user made it
> > force to save as the user.  I took that out and then gave the /bhs
> > permissions of 3777 so that files save would be set to the goup that
owns
> > the directory.  Then I create mask = 070 so that the teacher group(owner
of
> > the dir) could read the files, but the students after saving them could
not
> > touch them.  This seems to be working correctly.  Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Scott Mayo
> > Tech Coordinator
> > Bloomfield Schools
> > PH:  (573) 568-4564
> > FX:  (573) 568-5681
> > Pager:  (800) 264-2535  X2549
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joel Hammer" <Joel at HammersHome.com>
> > To: "Scott Mayo" <sgmayo at mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us>;
<samba at lists.samba.org>
> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 9:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Samba] File permissions
> >
> >
> > > Why not make
> > > create mask = 000 ?
> > > Once they save it, they can't touch it. And, nobody can overwrite it,
> > > either, it seems.
> > >
> > > Joel
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 07:25:38PM -0500, Scott Mayo wrote:
> > > > This is a temporary fix until I get my students added, but here is
what
> > I
> > > > want.
> > > >
> > > > I have a directory on my linux machine.
> > > > /programs/bhs
> > > >
> > > > the permissions for bhs are 1777  jones:teach = (owner:group)
> > > >
> > > > In my smb.conf I have the following or there abouts(I have change it
> > many
> > > > times)
> > > >
> > > > [bhs]
> > > > comment = bhs
> > > > path = /programs/bhs
> > > > writable = yes
> > > > create mask = 770
> > > > force user = kreese
> > > > force group = teacher
> > > >
> > > > My idea was that when the students login highschool:bhs =
(user:group)
> > and
> > > > save to the directory that it would change the owner:group to
> > kreese:teacher
> > > > which it does.  I also thought that since I had the sticky bit set
on
> > the
> > > > folder that since they no longer were the owner or in the group
(after
> > the
> > > > save) that they would not be able to delete it which they still can.
> > What
> > > > am I doing wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > > Scott Mayo
> > > > Tech Coordinator
> > > > Bloomfield Schools
> > > > PH:  (573) 568-4564
> > > > FX:  (573) 568-5681
> > > > Pager:  (800) 264-2535  X2549
> > > >
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