Replying to my own message. It turns out the I have samba-vscan-clamav installed, and it WAS running as clamav, which of course couldn't read the file. I have the access such that vscan failure = access denied, so changed the running user to root for the clamav service and life is good.
Thanks, -=Ray > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ray Anderson > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 8:23 AM > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] Unusual permissions problem > > Hello, > > I have an issue with samba-3.0.10-1.fc3 permissions. > > The situation is this: > > I have a client that wants one user to have write permission > to a directory, but a GROUP of users to have read access. Simple, > right? First, I set up the directory structure per Linux: > > (According to the samba guide, it's more efficient to use > sticky bits on the directory instead of using the force user > clause in the > smb.conf file.) > > drwsr-s--- 2 tcuser tcgroup 8.0K Jun 10 08:06 timecards > > Testing: > Log in as a user who is a member of the tcgroup, can > read all files in the tree: Success > Log in as tcuser, can read, write, and delete all files > in the tree: Success > > So I'm feeling pretty good about the Linux permissions. Now > time to create the share: > > > [timecards] > comment = Timecards > path = /timecards > create mask = 0640 > write list = tcuser > valid users = tcuser, @tcgroup > > If I understand correctly, and obviously I don't, the write > list and valid users lines are redundant, as Samba is supposed to use > the file system permissions. > > Now the issue: > > I log in (via smbclient) as tcuser: Success > > Put a file into the share: Success > > Rename the file: Success > > Get the file back: Access Denied. > > So this user can put files but cannot read them back. (!) > > The really strange thing is if I set the world read bit to > the file, then tcuser can read the file just fine, but from a > Linux file > permission perspective, that's a really bad thing, right? > > Any advice for this? > > Many thanks in advance, > > -=Ray > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba