Hello there Gisbert!

08 Dec 02 at 11:07, Gisbert Rudolph writes to Barry Blackford:

 BB>> I also have this problem: it's a major problem for me!

 BB>> When my win machine tryies to overwrite files on my linux server, it
 BB>> plain does not work (if a file exists), I can only do it to a local
 BB>> drive, thau my ftp server is never up to date and my allfix logs are
 BB>> full or errors relating to this issue. Yet I can copy the file over
 BB>> the top from dos and windows as well as using xtree, only allfix has
 BB>> this problem...

 GR> Have a look at the sticky bit of that directoris. If set with chmod 3777
 GR> testdir others may change or read files but are not allowed to delete
 GR> files. A file overwrite is a deletion.

Thanks for your suggestion, however, it's not that (I don't think), because
I can perform the same operation by the other means, Xtree/Dos, Windows
Explorer etc (from the same machine with allfix on it) all other methods
have no issue with the rights I have set?

Best Rgds, Bazz
barry{at}glonet.co.nz

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