SUMMARY: Re: [Samba] Editing file changes its owner (Samba 3.0.7).

[Przemyslaw Tokarski]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, John H Terpstra wrote:

> On Thursday 13 October 2005 05:42, Przemyslaw Tokarski wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, John H Terpstra wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 12 October 2005 07:31, Przemyslaw Tokarski wrote:
> > > > Hello !!
> > > >
> > > >  When a user edits a file belonging to another user and then saves the
> > > > file he becomes the owner of that file. Both users belong to the same
> > > > group and the file can be read or written to by the group members.
> > > > Server: Red hat 9, kernel 2.4.20-31.9, Samba 3.0.7, unix extensions
> > > > enabled
> > > > Client: Red hat 9, kernel 2.4.20-31.9, shares mounted via smbfs or cifs
> > > > (the same behaviour).
> > > >
> > > > Is that all normal or did I do something wrong ?
> > > >
> > > > I'll appreciate your comments and suggestions.
> > >
> > > Does your situation match that described in Section 15.6.3 of the
> > > Samba3-HOWTO?
> > >
> > > You can obtain a PDF of the HOWTO from:
> > >
> > > http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-HOWTO.pdf
> > >
> > > If your case matches this situation the probem you are dealing with is a
> > > known feature of how Windows Office products function. Please see the
> > > work-around that has been documented in the HOWTO.
> >
> > Unfortunately the problem in question occurs under linux as a client.
> > Shares are mounted via smbfs or cifs (the same behaviour) and files are
> > edited with vi. When I edit files on a local linux filesystem the owner
> > is not changed. This "glitch" might propably prevent quotas from
> > functionning properly. Suggested workaround does not make the ownership
> > of the file being retained as far as I understand. What do you think
> > about it ?
> 
> Sorry, but smbfs and cifsfs are not part of Samba. They are independant Linux 
> kernel driver projects. Samba provides only front-end user-space libraries 
> for the kernel drivers. You need to take this issue up on the smbfs and/or 
> cifsfs mailing lists.
> 
> - John T.
> 

OK.

Best regards
Przemyslaw Tokarski
Lodz, Poland

PS. If I find the the solution I'll post it here.