[Hudlug] file permissions in Samba

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 21 Nov 2003 11:37 am, Tim wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Sorry, Tim, you've lost me.  Surely  create mask = 0770 does
> > that?
>
> create mask places a limit on files that are created.
>
>
> For example, if you just do
>
> tim at timdeb:~$ touch fred.txt
> tim at timdeb:~$ ls -l fred.txt
> -rw-r--r--    1 tim      tim             0 Nov 20 19:47 fred.txt
>
> This file has been created with permissions 644
>
> Creating this file with samba (with a 0770 mask) would have
> resulted in a file like:
> -rw-r-----    1 tim      tim             0 Nov 20 19:47 fred.txt
>
> The mask prevents any world permissions.
>
> > Why do you need  force  create mode = 0770 ?
>
> Because it is a shared workspace area, I really want every file to
> be 0770 (owner and group read/writeable).
>
> I probably don't need the `force create mode` and `create mode`
> entries in the same section.
>

Ah - so it's just belt and braces?  Thanks

Anne
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