On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 12:02:21PM +1100, Andrew Bartlett wrote: > Under windows, I don't think you can delete a 'read only' file. > > Samba takes the missing 'w' for any user as meaning a read-only file.
I most certainly can. I just tried it against a NT4 server, and locally, and it worked perfectly. Create temp file, mark read only, delete. Successful. Even against samba 3.0.0 the file is deletable. I just found "Default: delete readonly = no", and changed it to yes, with the same result as before. Remember, if I own the file, then I can delete it if it's read-only or not, and that doesn't follow the DOS semantics you mentioned. If someone else owns the file, and I have no write permission to the file, but I do have write permission to the directory, I can't delete the file no matter what "delete readonly" is set to. Where can I find the DOS semantics that would apply to this on the web? I just tried again against a NT4 server: I created a file, changed the owner to a different user, and then deleted the file. Success. Hmm, I was testing with privelaged users, and even with a normal user, it lets me delete files that I don't own. Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
