CANNOT RENAME OR DELETE FILES IN WINDOWS CLIENT

[Steve Maroney]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, David Albert wrote:

> We are running SCO Unix 5.05 on the Unix box where reports are
> generated.  Samba 2.07 was installed to allow a user a Windows GUI for
> accessing files for printing.  She additionally wishes to rename and
> delete some files.  She is running off of a Windows 98 client which has
> read/write access to the report sub-directory on the Unix server.
>
> When she goes to rename or delete the files, she gets a message saying
> that she does not have permission to do so.
>
> Where should I be looking, and for what, to check on why she gets this
> response?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated!
>
> David Albert
> Network Information Technologies Group, Inc.
> davidA at netinfotech.com
>
>
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1. tail -f <your smbd log file>. READ YOUR LOGS!! Logs are your friends.

2. "ls -l" Who owns the files ? What are the permissions on the files ?
    What is the user name on the Windows box.

3. RTFM





Thank you,
Steve Maroney