[Samba]Samba 2.2.2 archive bit problems

[Gilbert, John]

Hello,
I am trying to get the archive bit mapping feature to behave
under Samba 2.2.2 on a Linux box (Slackware 8.0) serving NT4.0
and Win2K clients.

I have "map archive = yes" and "dos filemode = yes".
If I have "force create mode = 0100", creating new files sets 
the archive bit (good) and "attrib +a filename" will turn on the
archive bit if it was off (good) but "attrib -a filename" will
not clear the archive bit (bad). Our NT Backup software needs
this feature to do incremental backups, so with this setting all
backups are full backups that fill up tapes.
 
If I have "force create mode = 0000", new files do not have 
the archive bit set (bad), "attrib -a filename" will turn off
the archive bit (good) but "attrib +a filename" won't turn it
back on (bad).
 
The behavior is identical with both the gui properties and 
command line, neither tell you when they fail to set the flag
(bad MS). I would like get this problem fixed so that the
archive flag is turned on for new files, and can be turned on
and off from NT space, so that backups work. Any help or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

John Gilbert
jgilbert at eosbiotech.com