Sharing on the Xserve is set for "Standard UNIX behavior". The problem is intermediate but I'm going to do some testing today and see if I can recreate it and then change sharing prefs and see what happens.
Thanks for everyone's feedback. matt --- Schoun Regan <schounregan at mac.com> wrote: > Came late to the game. Busy-sorry bout that. > Jerry, just bust out a 'lil ole script there; chmod this and 777 that and > we're all set! > Matt, > How are the Apple File Sharing permissions set on the server? > I bet they are set to "Use standard UNIX behavior" > Change it to Inherit permissions from parent. > Reboot. > If it works you owe me a beer. > If not, I'll take another crack at it. > > Schoun > > > > > > > From: estate <estate200 at yahoo.com> > > Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:26:26 -0700 (PDT) > > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > > Subject: Re: MacGroup: cron job and file permissions > > > > Thnanks Jerry, > > > > I think your right. It would be better to determine why the user is doing > > this > > thing. I'm always > > nervous about running a script that affects so much all at once. We have > > nightly backups but > > still...) > > > > If they knew what a terminal was I might not even have a problem! ;) > > Plus I always have "0 0 * * * shutdown -h 2" on a client machine as a > > payback! > > > > anyway thanks for the feedback. > > > > matt > > > > --- Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> wrote: > >> Of course, if Bob and Sue are determined to have some fun at the > >> sys-admin's expense, AND they know that a quick trip to Terminal (chmod > >> 755 filename) before uploading it to the server will allow them time to > >> bug the sys-admin before the CRON script kicks in -- unless you set it > >> to run every minute which is not advisable. > >> > >> Just looking at the possibilities... > >> > >> Jerry > >> > >> On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 05:20 PM, estate wrote: > >> > >>> Hello! > >>> > >>> I've been lurking here for a few days but now I have a question! > >>> > >>> My department has a Xserve and about 7 Mac client machines. All > >>> clients fileshare with the Xserve > >>> and do not netboot. Some folks are transferring files over that have > >>> read-only group priviliges > >>> and others in the group open the file, edit but cannot save it. > >>> > >>> Example: > >>> clients (bob, sue) transfer files to Xserve (where they log in as a > >>> user who are in the same > >>> group) (bob in dept A, sue in Dept A). Bob transfers file foo.txt to > >>> the Xserve. Sue opens foo.txt > >>> but cannot save it because Bob copied it in a way that the Group write > >>> priviliges are missing. > >>> > >>> This is causing me headaches. I want to run a cron job every night > >>> that sets all files under a > >>> particular folder to 775 (rwx rwx r-x). Now, is this a bad idea for > >>> reason that I don't know > >>> about? This will affect tens of thousands of files every night. Or can > >>> someone tell me / point me > >>> to site as to why my clients are copying files to the Server > >>> incorrectly. > >>> > >>> thanks for any advice. > >>> > >>> matt > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > >>> | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > >>> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > >> | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
