Why do I have to run chmod 777

[dumbLuck]

I have an ubuntu server running samba. I have joined to an Active Directory domain and can log in using windows username/passwords. I created a group and gave them ownership to all files in a shared folder (via samba) the files have the equivalent of permissions 770. I have added my windows' username to the group. So far everything is cool. I can read and write to the folder. But ... I can not overwrite files.

I changed the other group to have write permissions on one of the files to test it (using the command chmod 777) and suddenly I have the ability to overwrite the file.

I don't understand why the other group needs to have write permissions. Shouldn't my user have the ability to overwrite based on being a member of the owning group?

Thanks for the help!
Trevor

[hazel]

I changed the other group to have write permissions on one of the files to test it (using the command chmod 777) and suddenly I have the ability to overwrite the file.

I don't understand why the other group needs to have write permissions. Shouldn't my user have the ability to overwrite based on being a member of the owning group?

Yes, it should. This looks to me as if you have not successfully added yourself to the group. You think you have but the system sees you as one of the others. Have you checked in /etc/group to see if you are really in there?

[dumbLuck]

Yes, it should. This looks to me as if you have not successfully added yourself to the group. You think you have but the system sees you as one of the others. Have you checked in /etc/group to see if you are really in there?

Thanks for the reply!

I have checked and I am listed in there. Here is what it shows:

webwork:x:1001:DOMAIN+user

[jledhead]

maybe thats the problem. if when logged in as a domain user, from a command prompt type

whoami

does it say DOMAIN+username, or does it just say username?

when I add AD users to a linux group (like sudo) I usually just use the username and not domain+username. but I only log in with a username and my domain is set as the default domain so I don't have to enter that.

[dumbLuck]

Thanks for the reply!

When I log in and run whoami, it shows just the username. I have tried adding just the username to the appropriate group using:

useradd -G webwork myusername

and I get an error saying "useradd: user myusername exists"

I then manually edited the group file and added myusername to the group. But I still cannot overwrite any files unless I give the other group write permissions.

[jledhead]

have you checked the permissions of the file in question?

ls -l

probably should say

webwork webwork

as the owner and group

[dumbLuck]

Thanks for the reply. Running ls -l I see the owner as a user and the owning group as webwork.

Thanks,
Trevor