I have EAs on my system, and I'm using store dos attributes = yes in the global section of the smb.conf. It seems that the archive attribute on directories is the only thing that's lost on drag-and-dropy copy. So I have the following dir structure: a.dir #This is the dir with the Archive bit set n.dir #This is the dir with no bits set r.dir #This is the dir with the Read-Only bit set s.dir #This is the dir with the System bit set h.dir #This is the dir with the Hidden bit set c.dir #This is the dir with the Compressed bit set e.dir #This is the dir with the Encrypted bit set All copy correctly on a drag-and-drop copy execpt a.dir, c.dir and e.dir. I don't expect compressed or encrypted to work (no samba-side support for that), but I do expect the archive bit to come over correctly. To reproduce do the following: 1. Create a dir named a.dir on your Windows box (or a Samba server for that matter) 2. Set the Archive bit on a.dir 3. Drag-and-drop copy this directory to a Samba server that has store dos attributes = yes 4. Notice that the Archive attribute has been lost.
mark, does this still exists in 3.0.11 ?
closing. no response.
Sorry, I've had my head in the sand for a long time, I'll check it out and reopen if it still exists.