[Samba] Samba-3.0.23c kernel lock problems with new Redhat kernel 2.6.9-42.0.8

[John Drescher]

> > Was it complaining that they are read only or that after saving a file
> > that existed it word claimed that it could not save the file? I am
> > asking as after I upgraded from samba-3.0.22 to samba-3.0.23 on gentoo
> > I had these symptoms and the fix was very easy.
>
> Do you have a hint / link for the fix?
>

It  was an old problem at least on the samba list although for some
reason we have not seen it until the upgrade. The problem is office
when it saves a file it deletes the current file saves a new temp file
than renames the temp file to the old file name. In this case windows
assigns the same permissions for a file in the same folder with the
same name of one that was recently deleted. The problem here is linux
has no such built in magic so the operation fails.

Here is a bit of my smb.conf file with the fixes. The key is the masks:

[Profiles]
    path = /home/%U/%U.pds
    browseable = no
    guest ok = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
[Public]
   comment = Public Stuff
   path = /mnt/vg/public
   public = yes
   writable = yes
   create mask = 777
   directory mask = 777

   inherit acls = yes
   inherit permissions = yes

[Users]
   comment = User Directories
   path = /home
   writable = yes
   create mask = 777
   directory mask = 777
   inherit acls = yes
   inherit permissions = yes
[Images]
  comment = Scrubbed Images
  path = /mnt/vg/image-root
  read only = no
  writable = yes
  public = yes

John