[Samba] Re: Users can delete a file they don't have permition in the public share

[Igor Belyi]

To prevent deletion you should remove write access on the directory 
containing the file: chmod a-w /home/samba/public

Igor

Bruno Gimenes Pereti wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'll try to explain all the situation to help you understand the 
> problem. I have a Samba 3.0.4 + LDAP + ACL PDC and I use poledit to 
> define the background image of the users to \\PDC\public\background.bmp, 
> this file:
> 
> -rw-r--r--    1 Administrator root       787510 09-23 17:34 background.bmp
> 
> Yes, the acl is not used in this file. This is the public share in 
> smb.conf:
> 
> [public]
>   comment = Compartilhamento Público
>   path = /home/samba/public
> #   public = yes
> #   guest ok = yes
>   writable = yes
>   create mask = 0666
>   directory mask = 777
>   printable = no
>   invalid users = prova
> 
> yesterday one of the users (students) deleted this file and I thought 
> they shouldn't have permission to do this because they don't have write 
> permission in the file.
> 
> I tried every thing I know about permition (that's not much) and 
> couldn't find a solution. What can I do to prevent the students to 
> delete this file?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruno Pereti.