Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-24 Thread Les Mikesell
Tim Nelson wrote: > >>> It may be possible to prevent them from deleting a file, but if >> they >>> have write access it wouldn't be possible from effectively deleting >>> the file by wiping it's contents(truncating it). >>> >> However, file creation and deletion are functions of the directory >>

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-20 Thread Tim Nelson
> I've always 'enjoyed' the solutions the samba team found for > interoperability. > Here's a good reference that provides the juicy details: > > http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/AccessControls.html > > Makes me shudder just to read it again . . . > > A > == > Ugh.

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Tim Nelson wrote on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:54:41 -0600 (CST): > I have a particular user who > claims Samba has the ability to allow users to create/edit/modify > existing files of a share but NOT delete them. Not samba-specific. The sticky bit could help in this if I recall right. If you regularly

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Alex H. Vandenham
On Thursday 19 February 2009 04:29:03 pm MHR wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate wrote: > > Tim Nelson wrote: > >> I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping someone > >> can give me a little sanity by confirming 'yay or nay' whether this is > >> possible or not. > >

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 2-19-2009 1:53 PM Tim Nelson spake the following: > - "Scott Silva" wrote: >> on 2-19-2009 1:31 PM Tim Nelson spake the following: >>> - "MHR" wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate >> wrote: > Tim Nelson wrote: > >> I've been around and around on this top

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Tim Nelson
- "Scott Silva" wrote: > on 2-19-2009 1:31 PM Tim Nelson spake the following: > > - "MHR" wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate > > >> wrote: > >>> Tim Nelson wrote: > >>> > I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping > >> someone can > give me a

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 2-19-2009 1:31 PM Tim Nelson spake the following: > - "MHR" wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate >> >> wrote: >>> Tim Nelson wrote: >>> I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping >> someone can give me a little sanity by confirming 'yay or nay' whe

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Tim Nelson
- "MHR" wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate > wrote: > > Tim Nelson wrote: > > > >> I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping > someone can > >> give me a little sanity by confirming 'yay or nay' whether this is > possible > >> or not. > > > > It may be possibl

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread MHR
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate wrote: > Tim Nelson wrote: > >> I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping someone can >> give me a little sanity by confirming 'yay or nay' whether this is possible >> or not. > > It may be possible to prevent them from deleting a file, bu

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread nate
Tim Nelson wrote: > I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping someone can > give me a little sanity by confirming 'yay or nay' whether this is possible > or not. It may be possible to prevent them from deleting a file, but if they have write access it wouldn't be possible from

Re: [CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Silva
on 2-19-2009 11:54 AM Tim Nelson spake the following: > Greetings list- > > I have a Samba-centric question to ask. I have a particular user who claims > Samba has the ability to allow users to create/edit/modify existing files of > a share but NOT delete them. To my knowledge, the aforementione

[CentOS] Samba Permissions - Sanity check

2009-02-19 Thread Tim Nelson
Greetings list- I have a Samba-centric question to ask. I have a particular user who claims Samba has the ability to allow users to create/edit/modify existing files of a share but NOT delete them. To my knowledge, the aforementioned permissions require the user to have write access to the shar