[wellylug] samba read only question

[Sam Cannell]

Linux has no equivalent of the legacy read only / system / hidden /
archive attributes in Windows.  The "right" way to configure access to
files by modifying the filesystem permissions on the files themselves on
the Linux system.

If you open the properties on a file or folder on a Samba share on an NT
machine, the Security tab will also allow you to modify permissions.
Any changes you make here will cause chmod / chown to be run on the
files.

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Mark Signal
Sent: Sunday, 25 July 2004 9:30 p.m.
To: Wellylug
Subject: [wellylug] samba read only question

This might seem a bit of a basic question but hopefully someone can shed
some light on it..

If you are using windows pc's to access files on a Linux box via samba
and
you right click on a file and select properties you can make the file
read
only. Next time you check the read only attribute it is unset again. Is
there no way to change the read only attribute and a samba shared file
from
a windows pc without resorting to bodges like read only directories and
different user access levels?