[Samba] samba 3.0.28 and dropboxes

[CJ Keist]

"no longer working" is you can no longer move or copy files into the 
dropbox folder from Windows 2000, XP, Vista or even MacOSX.  You get 
access denied error.


Ryan Novosielski wrote:
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> CJ Keist wrote:
>> All,
>>    I searched archives and found one related to our problem, with
>> subject "samba 3.0.26a and dropboxes", but there was no solution. So
>> posting this again for hopes of a fix.
>>
>>    We have dropboxes where users can drop files in someone else's
>> dropbox folder.  You have write permissions but not read for the folder.
>> In UNIX the dropbox permision is set as 2733.  This all worked fine with
>> Samba 3.0.6a.  But now have upgraded to Samba 3.0.28 and
>> they are no longer working.
>>
>> My settings for the share is:
>>
>> [ens]
>>         comment = ENS Groups
>>         path = /top/admin/ENS
>>         valid users = +admin
>>         force group = admin
>>         read only = No
>>         create mask = 0770
>>         directory mask = 02770
>>         inherit permissions = Yes
>>         inherit acls = Yes
>>         inherit owner = Yes
>>         dos filemode = Yes
>>
>> This is on Solaris 9 UFS filesystem with quotas enabled.
> 
> You do realize how vague "no longer working" is, right?
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