Set it so everyone has the same group, and give that group rwx permissions. That should allow them to overwrite. If I remember correctly, Samba has the option of changing the group of everyone who connects to whatever you specify.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:41, Kari <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a client that shares a file with his secretary. He copies it > to the server. She puts it on her desktop (win 7?), edits, and puts a > copy back on the server. So they use the file server as a holding > ground. For software-related reasons, they don't open the copy of the > file that is on the server (it must be opened locally). > > When they do this, they cannot actually replace the old file. > Instead, a new file is created. So: > > file.xzy > file(2).xyz > file(3).xyz > > This is what the directory on the file server ends up looking like b/c > they can't overwrite each other's file.xyz. > > The odd thing is that they could do the overwrite (which they desire) > before the client bought a new computer, appx 2 weeks ago. > > The permissions of the file show ownership of the names of the people > who own them (in this case, Brad, Lisa). I assume this is because > they have their first names as profiles on their windows desktops. > > My file server is an old version of Ubuntu. I use Samba, but the file > server is totally open -- no one needs to have a samba username to map > to and write to the shared drives. > > How can I make it so they are able to overwrite each other's files? > > Thanks, > Kari > > -- > > Kari Matthews > o: 630.457.1600 > c: 630.448.0865 > > -- > 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 > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- 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 References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
