Sierra Server - protecting folders

[marklemac]

Hi guys,

Got a problem I'm trying to resolve.

Sierra server, sierra clients.

I've set the published folder on the sierra server to stop the 'group' from deleting and deleting sub folders.

However when I turned this feature on (ACL list & propergate permissions) the users cannot make new folders/or duplicate files.

Why would turning off the delete option stop them from creating folders etc.

I just want to stop the users from trashing files/folders on the server.

Any advice welcome please

 

[cruisin]

Essentially, the standard OSX permissions are read/write/execute. Execute is for applications and write can also be considered as modify or delete (overwrite).

The write permission allows everyone to create as well as delete, so disabling deletions will by default stop creating files.

I doubt there is a simple way to allow for creation without deletion, mainly because every time you modify a file you are essentially deleting the old file and creating a new file to replace it.

For a per user setting you can try:

chmod +a "johndoe allow read,write" /path/to/folder
chmod +a "johndoe deny delete" /path/to/folder

From: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/possible-to-allow-read-write-but-not-delete.183121/