[Samba] File permissions

[Nir Soffer]

Just make sure it's the same file system, otherwise things might get
funny. mv in the same filesystem simply changes the directory entries.
mv between filesystems does a cp&rm combo. It'll change the inode, and
might screw up the filehandle.

Nir.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:57 PM
> To: David Brodbeck; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] File permissions
> 
> 
> Well, it sounds like mv might be the solution to this 
> problem. As soon as the file
> shows up in the share, mv it to a directory that the users 
> can't get to. I
> tried mv'ing a file, and it maintained the same permissions 
> as the original
> user, which means, hopefully, that the user can keep saving 
> even if the file
> is not done when it is mv'ed and it is in a different directory.
> Joel
> 
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:41:44PM -0400, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > Thought it might.  I learned this when I tried to rotate 
> some logfiles by
> > mv'ing them.  The old file just keeps growing under the new 
> name, until the
> > server's forced to close the file handle. ;)
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:41 PM
> > > To: David Brodbeck; samba at lists.samba.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Samba] File permissions
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I tried mv, and like you predicted, that works fine. The 
> > > piped output keeps
> > > flowing right to that file.
> > > Now, I wonder about permissions....
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