Samba + Steam = BLARGH

[=[Ga]= AutoDMC]

I rebuilt =(eGO)= Chris' computer the other day, and to save hours of downloading pain I copied his steamapps folder to my SAMBA share (running on Ubuntu), then copied it back when his computer was sane again.

However, now he's getting errors that he doesn't have permission to run TF2. That's crazy as a coconut, but sounds very Vista-y.

Anyone know how to clear permissions for steamapps? If it was Linux I'd just "chgrp -R chris ./steamapps; chown -R 755 ./steamapps" and we'd be done.

 

[skoutzykola]

maybe if you delete the steamapps from your computer it will work

 

[=[Ga]= AutoDMC]

That's the worst case, right there. I'm hoping to avoid that outcome

We were trying to avoid the horrible download times cause, let's face it, even with DSL it'll take you a while to get a steam game back

 

[BaHAmuT]

Maybe this can help?

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-account-administration/33285-changing-file-ownership.html

I don't use Vista so YMMV.

 

[Bulletsponge]

This is the reason Steam has a "Backup" feature built-in. My recommendation is to delete the data and start downloading his paid-for games. This requires only patience and little to no effort on your part. Remember: Laziness inspires efficiency.

 

[Existence.]

Right click > Properties > Change the permissions? And run as administrator.

 

[SCSwat]

Sounds like linux is as linux does, the volume permissions/ownership stayed intact during the duration of the transfer. Take ownership of the steam folder as the current user.