Samba and XEmacs and read-only
QZ writes:
Searching the forums it appears this problem is not new but perhaps
it has been assumed to no longer be an issue. Tonight I tried to edit
a file served by Samba with XEmacs 21.4.20, 21.4.21, and 21.5-b28.
Each attempt and each version yielded the same result. I.e. XEmacs
would open the file read-only ignoring true permissions. After
opening the file read-only, I would M-X toggle-read-only, make my
changes, and save. This work around unfortunately does not help if
the file does not exist as XEmacs refuses to make files in directories
served by Samba. It seems to think that all directories are
read-only.
Please send a bug report using M-x report-xemacs-bug. This is a
highly system- (and possibly configuration-) dependent issue; we need
a lot more information about your system.
If you are on Windows (which seems likely), please let us know exactly
what version(s) you're using.
There is a known problem where past versions of XEmacs attempted to
emulate Unix semantics for permission, but it turns out that Windows
has a different enough model that it's essentially impossible. A
number of patches were applied to XEmacs 21.5.28 and I believe to
21.4.20 or .21 to improve the situation, and since then yours is the
first report I've seen.
I don't do Windows, so if it *is* Windows-related you'll have to wait
until the Windows guys get back from skiing or whatever.
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