RE: [cobalt-users] windows/apple file sharing

["Dan Elkins" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> You don't sound like you have a lot of knowledge about Linux.

This is true.  I've just started learning Linux and samba.

> FYI, before thinking about sharing you need to think about permissions
> and ownership. See, your username owns a bunch of files on the
> server, regardless of where they are, and this is what adds to
> your total. Perhaps you're doing what I did at first, which is
> set up a huge number of shared files that people were going to
> be downloading and owning them myself.

Is there a way this process can be changed.  I don't want to to have to
change permisions everytime some one has copied alot of info to the qube.

> Find files that you don't want to count toward your total, and
> make someone else own them. The command to change ownership is
> "chown [newowner] [filename]" and if you need more detail, type
> "man chown". No quotes, of course.

> For example, I store product manuals and brochures on our Qube
> for our people and our customers to download at any point. I
> don't own those files any more: root does, and I've set the
> permissions so that anyone can read them. For more on setting
> permissions, type "man chmod".
>
> > I've created a couple of user groups that have 1000MB a piece
> > and the free space does not register for mac or windows users.
> > The free space available for the group is all relative as to
> > how much free space there is for the user.
>
> Remember that there are other filesystem limitations to keep in
> mind as well. Unfortunately, the mere fact of running Windows
> machines on a network with anything non-Windows is a problem,
> since you already know that Windows often doesn't play nice and
> follow the rules. So the limitations of the Mac and Windows OS's
> will hamper you too.
>
> I forget who makes Samba, but of course you might try checking
> out http://www.samba.org. I'm sure someone will post the right
> URL before I have the chance to correct myself, but I'll look
> anyway.
>
> You'll find the Qube enormously useful, but anything in the
> computer, networking, and Internet world requires some learning
> in order for you to manage and coexist with it. Come to think of
> it, so did my wife... :)

Thanks for the quick lesson.  It does help and yes the qube is a great tool.


Dan Elkins