[ILUG] samba & permissions - Update

Declan Grady Declan.Grady at nuvotem.com
Wed Aug 4 10:42:26 IST 2004


Hi,
Update - seems to be nothing to do with the samba end.

It seems to be related to the length of the directory name on xp, and 
whether or not the directory name contains a space !
Another nice new "feature" of xp I guess !

Declan Grady wrote:

> When changing over to a new pc, one user copied lots of folders to the
> samba share, then copied back down to new pc.
> Old one was w98, new one is xp pro.
>
> Strange problem, seems to be permissions related..
>
> double-clicking on a file in explorer should open the application, and 
> open the file.
> Some work, some dont.. the app opens, but the file doesnt get loaded.
>



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