[Gllug] ACL solution to samba created unowned files?

[Bernard Peek]

The Samba "force user" option will fix this.

2009/8/23 general_email at technicalbloke.com <general_email at technicalbloke.com
>

> Hi,
>
> In Ubuntu samba shares with guest write access (i.e. folders writeable
> by anyone on the network even without an account) result in unowned
> files being generated in said folders. When I need to edit these files
> (as I do, often) I have to chown them to my user and that is getting
> tedious now.
>
> I'm sure I remember using acls to get round this isue on a machine last
> year but I'm damned if I can remember exactly how I did it! I think the
> trick was using an ace to make all new files created in that folder
> members of a group and then make my user a member of that group. Does
> that sound right / plausible ? If so, can anyone enlighten me as to the
> syntax / procedure?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roger.
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