[Samba] Losing Permissions of Files

Helmut Hullen Hullen at t-online.de
Wed Jun 12 03:09:00 MDT 2013


Hallo, Tanveer,

Du meintest am 11.06.13:

> Here is the information that you requested. When I say that "all
> permissions on a file are lost", this is at the windows level. In
> Windows Explorer, we go to open the file in the default program, we
> get an "Access denied. Contact your administrator." error. When I
> right click on the file and goto Properties -> Security, I get a "You
> do not have permission to view or edit this object's permission
> settings." This usually happens after someone has edited the file. It
> is not one individual or group that has this issue. It could be
> anyone within the organization. These files are mostly Microsoft
> Office files (xls, ppt, and doc).

Seems to be a problem which is related to (with? please excuse my  
gerlish) Samba4.

I've seen this error when I run a *.cmd file under Samba 4.06 (Samba3  
mode).
Running the same file under Samba 3.6.8: no problem.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut


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