Samba server

saran_redhat · 11-10-2010, 02:38 AM

Hi Friends

I have File server (samba) in my office. I need to give some special permissions for folder and files. for example.
The root user can do read, write, execute and delete. but other users and group users are can able to read, write and execute. but users and group users are can't able to delete the file and folders. only root users can delete files and folders. please help me how to i give access for that folders.

I am using centos5.

Thanks.

acid_kewpie · 11-10-2010, 02:46 AM

AFAIK, you can't differentiate writing and deleting within samba from a technical perspective, but why would you want to? What's the logical difference, in terms of your data integrity, in deleting a file and removing all the contents from the file and saving is as empty?

saran_redhat · 11-10-2010, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

AFAIK, you can't differentiate writing and deleting within samba from a technical perspective, but why would you want to? What's the logical difference, in terms of your data integrity, in deleting a file and removing all the contents from the file and saving is as empty?

Hi
Thanks for reply.

My main thing is normally in linux users and group users cant able to delete. root only do that. how i do this can you advise me.

acid_kewpie · 11-10-2010, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by saran_redhat

Hi
Thanks for reply.

My main thing is normally in linux users and group users cant able to delete. root only do that. how i do this can you advise me.

Again, why? if they can write they can do just as much damage.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 11-10-2010, 05:19 AM

That is not true. It depends which files you are talking about. The files and folders owned by root are not accessible to others. In the same way files and folders owned by others can not be deleted. And everything depends on the nature of the permissions.

acid_kewpie · 11-10-2010, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by linuxlover.chaitanya

That is not true. It depends which files you are talking about. The files and folders owned by root are not accessible to others. In the same way files and folders owned by others can not be deleted. And everything depends on the nature of the permissions.

Well he seems to want the root files to be accessible, just not deletable, and under a posix environment, a user can write to a file owned by someone else but with 666 rights, so that would naturally fall through to proivde what the OP is asking for I guess, but there is still the question of why this is important in the first place. if the user can destroy the contents of a file, who cares if they can delete it or not?

linuxlover.chaitanya · 11-10-2010, 06:30 AM

Exactly. It seems OP is confused on the permissions front. And by default root can actually read write and delete the files. I do not what OP wants and why.

saran_redhat · 11-11-2010, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by linuxlover.chaitanya

Exactly. It seems OP is confused on the permissions front. And by default root can actually read write and delete the files. I do not what OP wants and why.

My problem is always folder and files missing complaints that is the reason the users can able to read write permissions but they cant able to delete file and folders.everyday lot of files and folder deleted in the server.
i dont know who deleted and how it was happen. so please give any solution to restrict this issues.

thanks

acid_kewpie · 11-11-2010, 03:22 AM

In all honesty, user education I'd say. But as above, if these files are owned by root and world writable, users actually wouldn't be able to delete them under conventional posix standards. But don't use the root account, that's really not good.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 11-11-2010, 03:24 AM

Check on sticky bit if that can help here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bit

saran_redhat · 11-11-2010, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by linuxlover.chaitanya

Check on sticky bit if that can help here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bit

Hi
Thanks for the reply.
sticky bit is used to restrict one user's data to others access. but in this scenario how is possible please can u explain briefly.
because one folder can access multiple users and groups. please advise me.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 11-11-2010, 06:21 AM

Sticky bit is used to restrict deletion and renaming of files. And that is what you want. But keep in mind, sticky bit is set on folders. This is closet you can get. So you can use this and find some solution to your issue.

saran_redhat · 11-11-2010, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by linuxlover.chaitanya

Sticky bit is used to restrict deletion and renaming of files. And that is what you want. But keep in mind, sticky bit is set on folders. This is closet you can get. So you can use this and find some solution to your issue.

Hi

Thanks for reply.

sticky bit is suit or not in samba file server. because in others concept its ok.
but it this case one folder access by many users at the same time. how we use otherwise any changes to in smb.conf file please advise
thanks

linuxlover.chaitanya · 11-11-2010, 11:17 PM

I dont know how to do that in samba. I have not used it like you want to. But you could google on that front now.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 11-11-2010, 11:20 PM

What you could do is set sticky bit on the parent folder that is shared in samba recursively. This will make all the contents sticky. You will need to make no changes in the samba configuration then.