On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 sirbruce@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Under UNIX, though, root has always been able to do just about anything. The problem arises when an NT user has a file locked and in use and root on a UNIX box wants to delete that file. The answer is you can't do it. I think the same is true for modification as well.
my 10p-worth: i think this is another switch that should get included under the "UNIX/NT file system semantics" big switch. i, too, find it very annoying that i have to track down a CIFS lock holder in order to blow away a file.
i appreciate dave's desire to completely emulate an NT file server, but would suggest this as another thing that might be disableable when the filer is in "i'm not really an NT file server, i'm a UNIX file server that can talk funny" mode.
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