Sorry to be a pain, but does anybody have any ideas on this? Regards,
> Greetings, > > I'm having a really hard time getting this to work the way I want it to. > I have a Samba file server (3.0.25b-2) on Fedora 7 which serves around 20 > clients (mostly WinXP but a couple of Macs). They all login via a single > shared samba user which has full read/write permissions for the entire > served directory. Unfortunately, I have two major problems: > > 1.) On an XP client, when copying a directory over to the server via > Explorer, it is created with the read-only flag set. My immediate > assumption was a permissions problem, BUT if I use XCOPY via the command > prompt, then directories copy across fine. This is not an acceptable > solution, however, since the average end-user doesn't even know what a > command prompt is! > > If I manually create a folder on the server via Explorer (right click -> > new folder) then it will be created WITHOUT the read-only flag set, so why > this is only happening when copying pre-created directories is really > beyond me :( > > 2.) More directory creation woe with Mac users. When they create a > directory on the server via Finder, it doesn't create properly. If you > refresh the folder it appears, but if you try to click on it so you can > open it, then it just disappears. Refreshing again will make it > re-appear, but you can never get in to it. They can use any pre-existing > folders no problem, however. > > I do not purport to be a Samba expert, so if there's something obvious > that I'm missing here I apologise in advance. > > Thank you for assistance, > > Edward -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
