[Samba] Re: Can not clear Read-only attribute

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:30:55AM +0000, tom m. wrote:
> If it were a permission problem, then it wouldn't be possible to set Read-only
> attribute in the first place, correct?
> 
> Here's the result of creating an empty file called 'test.txt' via notepad, as
> viewed from the linux-side.  The 'create mask' is 711 and 'map archive' is yes:
> 
> -rwx------ 1 root root         0 Mar 11  2009 test.txt*
> 
> Result after right-clicking test.txt and setting Read-only attribute:
> 
> -r-x------ 1 root root         0 Mar 11 18:02 test.txt*
> 
> Now if I right-click test.txt again and try to clear Read-only attribute,
> windows reports "Access denied" and permissions stay the same:
> 
> -r-x------ 1 root root         0 Mar 11 18:02 test.txt*
> 
> Now if I 'chmod 502 test.txt' we get:
> 
> -r-x----w- 1 root root         0 Mar 11 18:02 test.txt*
> 
> Right-click 'test.txt' in explorer and file still shows as Read-only, but
> clearing Read-only now works and we get this:
> 
> -rwx----w- 1 root root         0 Mar 11 18:02 test.txt*
> 
> 
> Here is output of 'testparm':
> 
> [global]
>         workgroup = MSHOME
>         server string = Samba server
>         null passwords = Yes
>         log level = 3
>         log file = /var/log/sambalog
>         unix extensions = No
>         load printers = No
>         printcap name = /dev/null
>         disable spoolss = Yes
>         show add printer wizard = No
>         local master = No
>         ldap ssl = no
>         force user = root
>         create mask = 0711
>         directory mask = 0711
>         use sendfile = Yes
>         map hidden = Yes
>         map system = Yes
>         msdfs root = Yes

Ah, you're mapping attributes into file permissions.

That's not a good idea these days. Use extended attributes
and map DOS attributes into ea's instead.

        ea support = yes
        store dos attributes = yes
        map system = no
        map archive = no
        map readonly = no

Jeremy.