<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Peter,<div><br></div><div>I'm unsure what version of Samba is included with 10.5.7 server, but it sounds like similar problems with our Samba server running on Linux. It was a bug fixed in a relatively recent version. See <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4308">https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4308</a> for more info. You can save a bit of time by reading comment #48 onwards.<div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>Mark</div><div><br><div><div>On 01/06/2009, at 11:46 AM, Peter Thomas wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear All,<br> <br> <br> We have been having problems with OS X Workgroup Manager groups with Windows XP Sp3 users, sharing Office 2003/2007 files. <br> It appears to be the same for Word and Excel but not other apps eg .notepad<br> <br> After a windows client user opens the an office file, makes changes and saves then weird acls appear preventing other users in the group opening the office document.<br> <br> In the server admin window the acl file permissions are multiply created for users and groups and the posix permissions also change.<br> I have found multiple references to this problem on the internet<br> <br> Picture below demonstrates problem.<br> <br> I found a good reference to this on an email list at <font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1966920&tstart=0">http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1966920&tstart=0</a><br> </u></font><br> The suggestion is to modify the smb.conf file and make the following change:<br> <br> “</span></font><font color="#007E7E"><font size="1"><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size:9pt">butted at the very end of the file this lines… <br> <br> [<b>global]<br> </b>nt acl support = no <br> so it looks like this now ;<br> <br> ..<br> ..<br> <br> ; Site-specific parameters can be added below this comment.<br> ; END required configuration.<br> <br> [<b>Global]<br> </b>nt acl support = no <br> </span></font></font></font><font size="1"><font face="Lucida Grande"><span style="font-size:9pt"><font color="#313131"><br> <br> <br> I implemented this “patch and it appears to be working.<br> <br> <br> <br> </font></span></font></font><font color="#3F3F3F"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>Peter Thomas<br> </b></span></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:7pt">IT Facilities Manager<br> <b>SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC <</b></span></font></font></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><font size="1"><span style="font-size:7pt"><b><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.music.usyd.edu.au/">http://www.music.usyd.edu.au/</a></u></font><font color="#3F3F3F">> <br> The University of Sydney<br> </font></b><font color="#3F3F3F">Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia<br> <b>P</b> 61 2 9351 1331 </font><font color="#7F7F7F">|</font><font color="#3F3F3F"> <b>F</b> 61 2 9351 1287 </font><font color="#7F7F7F">|</font><font color="#3F3F3F"> <b>M</b> 61 0423829 837<br> </font><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="petthoma@usyd.edu.au">petthoma@usyd.edu.au</a><br> <br> </u></font><font color="#7F7F7F">CRICOS Provider Code 00026A | DISCLAIMER NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be privileged. Any unauthorised use of it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete the message and any attachments.<br> </font></span><span style="font-size:9pt"><br> <br> </span></font></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size:9pt"><font color="#0000FF"><font face="Lucida Grande"><u><br> <br> <span><image.png></span></u></font></font></span></font> </div> _______________________________________________<br>unimactech mailing list<br><a href="mailto:unimactech@auc.edu.au">unimactech@auc.edu.au</a><br><a href="http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech">http://www.auc.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/unimactech</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>