Files created with CLAN - permissions

[Leonid Spektor]

Katie,

	If I understand you correctly, you are saying that after a user creates a file with CLAN, then this user can change that data file's permissions. But, when any user tries to edit the same data file again, then this data file permissions revert back to previous setting. If this is the case, then it is a result of "file backup" feature turned on. You can disable this feature by opening "CLAN Options" dialog box with menu "Edit->CLAN Options" and selecting "No file backup" check box. The reason CLAN functions this way when "file backup" feature is turned on, is to save time during file saving proccess. CLAN renames the current file to new file with ".bak" extension and then saves the data in CLAN's memory to a newly created file with old name. So, every time you save a file CLAN create a new version of the same file, rather than just simply saving data in the old file.  

Leonid.



On Sep 23, 2011, at 04:40, Alcock, Katie wrote:

> We have checked all this and we still can't get the permissions changed
> permanently.  Either if we try file by file, or if we try the whole
> folder, all permission changes just revert back to only the original
> user.
> 
> It's very frustrating! We don't get this with other files created using
> different programs on the same server (obviously they are created with
> only the creator's permissions, but they can then change them and they
> don't change back).
> 
> Katie
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chibolts at googlegroups.com [mailto:chibolts at googlegroups.com] On
>> Behalf Of Leonid Spektor
>> Sent: 22 September 2011 17:19
>> To: chibolts at googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Files created with CLAN - permissions
>> 
>> Katie,
>> 
>> 	If a user creates a file, then the same user should be able to
>> edit it or change it's permissions. Make sure that all folders in the
>> folder's path where data files are store and accessed from have
>> write/access permissions set to allow any user editing those file.
>> Also, CLAN should be installed by a user with administrator
>> permissions.
>> 
>> Leonid.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 22, 2011, at 12:04, Katie Alcock wrote:
>> 
>>> We have three people working on a shared drive using CLAN and are
>> having horrendous problems using each others' files. Our computer tech
>> person says that this program is setting the permissions in an unusual
>> manner.
>>> 
>>> It's not so much that the new files created are owned by the person
>> that created them, but that once the file is created and has a set of
>> ownerships, even they are not able to change the permissions so
> another
>> person can edit the file.
>>> 
>>> We are all working on Macs and I am working on 10.6.8 though the
>> students are working on an earlier OS (on PowerPCs - can't remember
>> what OS it is right now). The problem is in all three computers. Batch
>> changing permissions doesn't work either.
>>> 
>>> We have a version updated on 27/7 this year - I see there is a newer
>> version but we had this problem before that July date too.
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions?
>>> 
>>> Katie
>>> 
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