[Samba] Re-setting the Archive Bit

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Wed Oct 1 14:33:47 GMT 2003


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Andrew Butler wrote:
| Hello,
|
| I am using Brighstor to backup my Linux machines using shares at the
moment
| as I cannot get the agents to work (neither can CA). This would work
fine if
| the Backup program could re-set the archive bit (Linux file owner execute
| setting). The problem is that, when accessing the share from a Windows
| machine, I cannot re-set the archive bit under any combination of
| permissions, unless the client that is logged onto the share is also the
| owner of the file.

Try 'dos filemodes = yes'





cheers, jerry
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