[Samba] 'x' bit always set?
Jonathan Buzzard
jonathan at buzzard.me.uk
Wed Aug 1 08:07:04 MDT 2012
On 01/08/12 14:54, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On 08/01/2012 03:59 AM, NdK wrote:
>> Il 30/07/2012 09:40, NdK ha scritto:
>>
>>>> Seems I can't find the root cause of $subj.
>>>> When I store a file on my "home", it gets chmodded ugo+x ...
>> Any hints?
>
> See the documentation for "map archive".[0]
>
> Essentially, the DOS/Windows "archive" bit is mapped to the POSIX user
> execute bit. This makes it possible for DOS/Windows backup software to
> be able to use the archive bit.
>
> It might behoove Samba to implement DOS/Windows file attributes in user
> extended attributes, or in a database file, as opposed to (ab)using the
> owner execute bit for this purpose. However, it has been this way for a
> long time, and I would expect that inertia will overcome the desire for
> change here. I could be (and hopefully am) wrong.
>
You are wrong, mount your file system with extended attributes enabled
and then add the following to your smb.conf
# store DOS attributes in extended attributes
ea support = yes
store dos attributes = yes
map readonly = no
map archive = no
map system = no
JAB.
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