On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 07:17, rob wrote: > Hi > > i'm using samba as a file print server on suse 7.3, clients are windoze > 95,2K,XP. > > basic problem is that sometimes the files created from a windows client have > a ownership of root, this causes problems mainly with backup programs (as it > affects/prevents the unix - dos archive bit mapping) as I don't then own > it), i havn't set up a user root on the windows systems so how can this > happen? i think this could happen as a result of the sticky bit being set on the directory. it could also be a force user or some other clause in the smb.conf...
try to duplicate the problem and capture a level3 log of what is happening so you can understand it. > > btw if i set valid users to a set of user names this problem seems to go > away, can anybody advise why the 'root' name appears hmm do you have administrator mapped to root in a username map? > > as an aside how do i clear a username/password for a network share in > windoze, as just deleting the share doesn't seemd to do this. I'm not sure about this one -- but i think net use /d may work... brad -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
