[WinMac] X-platform permission problems...

From: Romeyn Prescott (prescor@potsdam.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 12:57:32 PST

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    Hi all,

    We're having a troubling problem resolution of which I'm hoping this
    list can provide.

    We have a cross-platform share (Win/Mac) on an NT 4.0 server called
    "Class Submissions" (ClassSub). It's designed as a "dropbox" in
    which professors can create folders as drop-off points for homework.

    There are two key groups into one of which every user falls: Faculty
    and Students

    Dropbox folders have NTFS permissions for Faculty set to RWXD.

    The problem comes when trying to set the NTFS permissions for
    students. If we set them on FOLDERS to RWXD for students, this
    inexplicably works. Users can create new docs, edit docs they own,
    but cannot edit or delete docs created by other users. I don't know
    HOW or WHY this works, but it DOES. The problem with this setting is
    that PC users can delete folders with these permissions. (You'd
    expect that, wouldn't you? But Mac users CAN'T delete these same
    folders!)

    If we remove the "D" (delete) flag from the folders, the Mac users
    can't write to the folder any more! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

    Does anyone have any idea WHY?

    TIA,
    ...ROMeyn

    PS: And don't anyone even come CLOSE to proposing Linux as a
    solution. Linux is wonderful for many things. This ain't one of
    'em. We know!

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