Run a small cron program that assesses the files every wee while
and resets the ownerships and protections. Also can used to cleanup junk!
Regards,
Bruce.
>Hello All,
>
>I have a customer running a linux box as an FTP/File Server running Samba
>for files services. Basically this customer has clients that FTP files to
>their linux box from remote sites, and use the file services to pull those
>files on to their local PC's.
>
>These files that are uploaded are very large (100's of megabytes each) and
>will require them to be deleted on a daily basis (that is deleted off of
>the linux box). I have Samba and FTP running just fine. I can see the
>directories of the FTP users as well as see the files that they have
>uploaded. The problem I am running into is simply this...THEY CANNOT
>DELETE THE FILES BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED BY THE USER WHO UPLOADED THE FILE.
>
>I am stumped on how to assign proper ownership rights to the people that
>work with the files on the local network. When they go to delete the
>files off of the Linux box, they get a "Permission Denied" error (due to
>the files being owned by the FTP user). I would appreciate any ideas that
>you might have in resolving this dilema.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>Chris McGlasson
>Senior Systems Engineer
>Lightspeed Technologies, Inc.
>http://www.ltinetworks.com
>
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