[Samba] sticky bit, etc.

[Yura Pismerov]

Yura Pismerov wrote:
> 
> jef dodson wrote:
> >
> > I have a question about samba and sticky bits.  I have a share with the
> > following configuration:
> >
> > [documents]
> >   comment = documents
> >   path = /shares/documents
> >   public = no
> >   writeable = yes
> >   printable = no
> >   valid users = @lan1
> >   force user = docadmin
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>         That is why.
>         No matter what username is, it will be forced to docadmin, so the
> sticky bit does not make much sense since the user who is manipulating
> the file is the owner of the file form the OS point of view.
>         To achieve what you want you need to remove "force user".


	Yeah, and create mode should be 0640 in this case.

> 
> >   force group = lan1
> >   create mode = 0440
> >   force create mode = 0440
> >   directory mode = 1770
> >   force directory mode = 1770
> >   delete read only = no
> >
> > I also have the sticky bit set on /shares/documents.
> >
> > Now, when I drop the file 'test.txt' in the directory, it has the following
> > permissions:
> >
> > -r--r-----    1 docadmin lan1            4 Oct 29 17:45 test.txt
> >
> > Now, When I login to the server via ssh as jdodson, the sticky bit on the
> > directory prevents me from renaming the test.txt file.  However, when I login
> > to the server from windows as jdodson, I can change the filename and move the
> > file to another directory.  So, it seems that samba is ignoring the sticky bit
> > on the /shares/documents directory.
> >
> > The ultimate goal for the behavior of the directory is this:
> >
> > when someone drops a file in the directory or subdirectory, it becomes
> > read-only so that it can't be edited, moved, or renamed by anyone except for a
> > special user with admin priveleges.
> >
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