Thanks -- I will look at this. The owner actually sort of likes the read-only thing -- he claims it forces everyone to think about what they're doing in terms of where they are saving, what they are naming the file, etc. He actually told me not to change it. At this point, the question is academic. My goal now is to learn more about how permissions work.
Thanks again to everyone who responded. I am glad to you tolerate this non-programmer's elementary questions. ~kari On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:11 AM, John Ohm <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as the file sharing, if you are using samba, maybe just tweaking the > smb.conf file will fix the permissions problem. have a look at: > http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html probably > 'force create mode' or it's synonyms will help or are the problem if set > incorrectly now. > John > > > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When the individuals upload a file to the server, it has default >> permissions (don't remember what) that make it so that they are the only >> ones who can edit the file on the server. Others have to save locally and >> then upload to the server again. It's a small thing, but annoying. I don't >> know how to change the default permissions of an uploaded file. >> >> Interestingly, the same is true for their Quickbooks file. The owner >> shares data entry responsibilities with his secretary, but she has to copy >> the data file to her local drive, work on it, and upload it again. They >> cannot "share" the file as they once could when the company used a Buffalo >> Link Station as a file server. (Yes, really.) >> >> ~kari >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Eldridge Torrefranca < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Are you using samba for the file server? Maybe you can try to change the >>> files permission to the users else the configuration of the samba. >>> >>> mario, >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I have heard a lot of buzz among my clients about Sharepoint. As a >>>> Microsoft Partner (and a pretty inactive one, at that), I thought it might >>>> be good to look into it. So I started googling a bit, and it's one big >>>> YAWN. >>>> >>>> A few months ago, I installed a linux server for a new client. This >>>> company uses it solely to share documents, but they are forever frustrated >>>> that when they open a document, the doc is read-only. It's a relatively >>>> minor annoyance, but still. >>>> >>>> So I googled for a linux alternative to Sharepoint (b/c there's just >>>> about always an alternative) and came across alfresco.com. >>>> >>>> Without knowing anything about either sharepoint or alfresco, can I ask >>>> your collective genius about your opinions and experience w/ either/both? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> kari >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Torrefranca Eldridge L. >>> Systems and Network Administration >>> University of San Carlos >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
