On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Daniel L. Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > John H Terpstra wrote: >> >> On Sunday 18 January 2009 18:38:25 Daniel L. Miller wrote: >> >>> >>> Is it possible to define file rights, such that - >>> >>> The file is owned by root, with full privleges on the Linux server. >>> The file is shared by a group "users". >>> The shared file should be available for read and write access. >>> >>> That part's easy - but now.... >>> >>> Deny delete, overwrite, or rename access to this file. Is this possible? >>> -- >>> Daniel >>> >> >> Please explain how a user can have write access to a file but not >> overwrite access? >> The ability to write implies the ability to change the name as well as the >> contents of a file. >> Can you provide a clear description of what you really wish to achieve? >> >> - John T. >> > > Oh - you want me to tell you want I want to do, so you can tell me the right > way how - instead of helping with the wrong way to do it? Geez... > If you allow writing to a file there is no way to prevent overwriting the file with anything.
I believe preventing renaming, and deleting are possible if you restrict the posix permissions so that writes on the folder are not permitted by the users. rename and a delete are write operations on the folder not the file. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
