Subject: Re: Permissions for creating files
From: Ryan McBeth (ryan@mobiusnm.com)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 13:30:09 EDT
Christopher,
I had the same problem a few weeks ago. I'm running this on
redhat as well.
A kind soul sent me 1.5pre3 (although everyone insists that
there *was* no pre3). And 1.5pre3 seemed to work. In fact, my whole
company is accessing through 1.5pre3.
I'll send it to you.
Ryan
>Hello all,
>
>I'm running netatalk 1.5pre5 on a 2.2.17-14smp kernel (redhat 6.2
>distribution). I can see the linux box in the chooser, connect via tcp,
>and open and manipulate existing files. However, whenever I copy a file
>from the mac to the linux box, or try to save a file from a mac application
>to the linux box, I get the message: "The item <item> cannot be written
>because it is locked."
>
>Wading through the .AppleDouble directory (permissions 711), existing linux
>box files have permissions 600 and an empty file by the name of the file I
>tried to save/copy with permissions 000 (hence the locking?). Similarly,
>if I try to trash an existing linux file, I am told I do not have
>permissions.
>
>I think there are some clues in my /messages log, but I'm new enough to
>linux not to know what they mean:
>at login:
>Apr 5 23:04:52 bandit afpd[19308]: dhx login: xyz
>Apr 5 23:04:52 bandit afpd[19308]: uams_dhx_pam.c :PAM: PAM Success
>-- No such
>file or directory
>Apr 5 23:04:52 bandit PAM_pwdb[19308]: (netatalk) session opened
>for user xyz b
>y (uid=0)
>Apr 5 23:04:52 bandit afpd[19308]: uams_dhx_pam.c :PAM: PAM Auth
>OK!: (null) --
> Inappropriate ioctl for device
>Apr 5 23:04:52 bandit afpd[19308]: login xyz (uid 500, gid 100)
>
>Then, when I try to copy a file:
>
>Apr 5 23:05:06 bandit afpd[19308]: setdirowner: chown -1/0
>.AppleDouble/.Parent
>: Operation not permitted
>
>Am I having an authentication problem when I login through appletalk, and
>that's preventing me from getting thr right permissions to create files
>(and if so, how do I fix it), or do I have a something set incorrectly
>within netatalk?
>
>Thanks for any ideas,
>
>Chris
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