Samba and XEmacs and read-only

[Aidan Kehoe]

 Ar an t-aonú lá is triochad de mí na Nollaig, scríobh QZ: 

 > 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.

Another workaround if you have Cygwin; M-! touch new-file-name RET to create
the file, and then C-x C-s .

 > It seems to think that all directories are read-only. For what it is
 > worth, this is not a problem with GNU Emacs 22.1.  (I've been using
 > XEmacs for years and would hate to switch now though :( )

Do you happen to remember a specific version where this worked in the past? 

 > If there is any more information that would be helpful or any work around
 > please contact me.

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