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nospam@spamsucks.edu says...
> Alright, so the server's boot drive decided it was going to crap out.
> Now
> I've got everything reinstalled and have reconfigured SAMBA, and it
> works.
> BUT, when logged in as guest (the only login SAMBA allows) I can delete
> files belonging to ANYONE. That is, as long as a file is marked writable
> by user (even if it doesn't belong to the "nobody" user that the guest
> account uses), it can be deleted through SAMBA.
>
> Here's the config for the share:
>
> [pub2]
> comment = Public Data 2
> browseable = yes
> writable = yes
> guest only = yes
> guest ok = yes
> path = (withheld)
First of all, when you ask for help, do not munch names, paths,
addresses, IP's etc.
>
> FYI, I've made path belong to root with universal access. I've also made
> it belong to nobody (which is what the guest account uses) with user only
> write access. Both worked the same.
>
> I've tried stick bits to no avail, also.
>
> RedHat 7.2, Samba 2.2.1a
>

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"Alfred E. Neuman" wrote in message
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> Alright, so the server's boot drive decided it was going to crap out.
> Now
> I've got everything reinstalled and have reconfigured SAMBA, and it
> works.
> BUT, when logged in as guest (the only login SAMBA allows) I can delete
> files belonging to ANYONE. That is, as long as a file is marked writable
> by user (even if it doesn't belong to the "nobody" user that the guest
> account uses), it can be deleted through SAMBA.
>
> Here's the config for the share:
>
> [pub2]
> comment = Public Data 2
> browseable = yes
> writable = yes
> guest only = yes
> guest ok = yes
> path = (withheld)
>

Samba should only allow permissions of the guest (nobody) account and not
give it any more than it normally has. I would look at who the guest account
is mapped to (maybe guest = root ?). Just create a file on this share and
have a look at the listing from a Linux console (ls -l). It will tell you
the guest account is masquarading as.

> FYI, I've made path belong to root with universal access. I've also made
> it belong to nobody (which is what the guest account uses) with user only
> write access. Both worked the same.
>
> I've tried stick bits to no avail, also.
>
> RedHat 7.2, Samba 2.2.1a