----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sparenberg" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Jeff Boyce" <jboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [expert] File Dates Modified Issue > On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 00:29, Jeff Boyce wrote: > > Greetings - > > > > I manage a Dell system Red Hat ES3 server that is primarily used as a Samba file server for a small office. This is a new system for our office and I am still learning how to properly configure it. I have noticed that whenever a user opens a file from a Windows client, then closes the file without making any changes, the Date Modified attribute displayed in Windows Explorer is updated to the current date and time. I would like to change my system configuration so that it does not change the file date/time attribute when files are not changed. I am not sure whether it is a Linux system change that needs to be made, or a change in the Samba configuration. I would appreciate someone pointing me to a reference for the commands or configuration parameters that I need to modify to correct this issue. Thanks. > > > > > > Not sure that you can do this. Since the way Windows operates is that > AFAWIC (as far as windows is concerned) if a file is opened it is > modified. The act of opening a file is considered a modification. > > James > I don't believe that the date/time attribute changed on files when they were only open and not modified when we had a small Unix file server here prior to installing our new Linux system. That is what led me to think that it was a Linux or Samba configuration issue. Jeff -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
