[Hudlug] file permissions in Samba

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 20 Nov 2003 5:25 pm, Tim wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > I stand corrected.  You are absolutely right.  I don't use
> > create/directory mask in my smb.conf, but if it is there it will
> > be controlling it.
>
> The default value is:
>   create mask = 0744
>
> (from the smb.conf man page)
>
> Of course, some vendors may patch Samba to provide a more secure
> 0700 default mask.
>
> >>[shared]
> >>     path = /shared
> >>     comment = Shared area
> >>     writable = yes
> >>     locking = yes
> >>     force  create mode = 0770
> >>     force directory mode = 0770
> >>     create mask = 0770
> >>     directory mask = 0770
> >
> > What is the purpose of the two 'force' lines?
>
> It does exactly what it looks like.  Files created by samba in this
> share will be given 0770 (group read/write/execute) permissions.
>
> Which lets other people in the group (set on the directory, with
> sticky bit) open the files and do things with them, and save them
> back again.
>
>
> Tim
>
Sorry, Tim, you've lost me.  Surely  create mask = 0770 does that?  
Why do you need  force  create mode = 0770 ?

Anne
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