From bf8dd1b17078cd51a795c5a22a230710354f30cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Volker Lendecke <vl at>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:46:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Re-Add the "dropbox" functionality with -wx rights on a directory

---
 source/smbd/filename.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/smbd/filename.c b/source/smbd/filename.c
index d404b90..7ff497f 100644
--- a/source/smbd/filename.c
+++ b/source/smbd/filename.c
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@ NTSTATUS unix_convert(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 							errno == ELOOP) {
 						result =
 						NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND;
-					}
-					else {
+						goto fail;
+					} else if (errno != EACCES) {
 						result =
 						map_nt_error_from_unix(errno);
+						goto fail;
 					}
-					goto fail;
 				}
 
 				/*
-- 
1.5.5


From ba9c35684a47b5cda201c23b964bb17d2b90fe62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 11:30:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify the dropbox patch

---
 source/smbd/filename.c |   15 ++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/smbd/filename.c b/source/smbd/filename.c
index 7ff497f..5ea5cb2 100644
--- a/source/smbd/filename.c
+++ b/source/smbd/filename.c
@@ -497,8 +497,14 @@ NTSTATUS unix_convert(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 					goto fail;
 				}
 
-				/* ENOENT is the only valid error here. */
-				if ((errno != 0) && (errno != ENOENT)) {
+				/*
+				 * ENOENT/EACCESS are the only valid errors
+				 * here. EACCESS needs handling here for
+				 * "dropboxes", i.e. directories where users
+				 * can only put stuff with permission -wx.
+				 */
+				if ((errno != 0) && (errno != ENOENT)
+				    && (errno != EACCES)) {
 					/*
 					 * ENOTDIR and ELOOP both map to
 					 * NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND
@@ -508,12 +514,11 @@ NTSTATUS unix_convert(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 							errno == ELOOP) {
 						result =
 						NT_STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND;
-						goto fail;
-					} else if (errno != EACCES) {
+					} else {
 						result =
 						map_nt_error_from_unix(errno);
-						goto fail;
 					}
+					goto fail;
 				}
 
 				/*
-- 
1.5.5