Chuck Ryan writes:

> This limitation has caused me to scrap using SAMBA on the 3000 for
anything
> but the simplest applications. I had hoped HP would allow us to override
> their abitrary limitation from the HFS, a limitation that has caused many
> headaches over the years, but they still refuse to do so.
>
> There is a way around this problem, but having SAMBA sign on to a SM
account
> is just a little to dangerous for my taste.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: H Lassiter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:02 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [HP3000-L] Denied access to group w/ SAMBA
> >
> >
> > Can someone please tell why I am unable to write files into a share
> > (another account) but I can read files from it. I am sure it is
> > something simple because I can read and write from the sample archive
> > share that comes configured with SAMBA.  I am wondering if the problem
> > is because I am trying to write to another account on the system other
> > than a directory setup under /SAMBA/PUB.

Samba can write files to an MPE group without SM capability. Adding PM
capability to SMBD is enough, and combined with the "FORCE
USER=user.account" parameter can write to files in an MPE account outside of
Samba.

To write MPE named files instead of HFS files the file names must conform to
MPE naming conventions. Furthermore you must use a PC application that
allows you to save files with an ALL UPPERCASE NAME with no extension.
Notepad for instance will allow you to do this by enclosing the file name in
quotes when saving it. But notepad does not recognize a CR/LF as a record
delimiter which lessens its overall value.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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