Ryan, This is just a guess, but you may want to look into 'create mode' parameter. It defaults to 0744. Maybe you can change it to 0777 to see what happens.
Kohei On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 13:56, Ryan J Betz wrote: > Hrmm, maybe I have it configured wrong, or I simple don't understand a > condition of this working: > > [log] > path = /log > browseable = yes > writeable = yes > require valid-user > inherit permissions = yes > > [root@shield /log]# pwd > /log > > I created the folder and chmod 777 folder1/ > > drwxrwxrwx 3 logger logger 4096 May 21 13:50 . > drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 Mar 29 10:33 .. > drwxrwxrwx 2 ryanb mail 4096 May 21 13:51 folder1 > > I rolled over to the windows machine and created a new text file in > /log/folder1/ > > drwxrwxrwx 2 ryanb mail 4096 May 21 13:51 . > drwxrwxrwx 3 logger logger 4096 May 21 13:50 .. > -rwxr--r-- 1 ryanb mail 0 May 21 13:51 New Text > Document.txt > > I made sure I restarted smbd and nmbd after I changed smb.conf. I'm using > version 2.2.3a if that means anything. Thanks a bunch for all the help. > > Regards, > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Konkol, Josh > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:44 PM > To: 'Ryan J Betz'; James Nord > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Samba] Controlling share create permissions > > > From smb.conf.5.htm: > > inherit permissions (S) > The permissions on new files and directories are normally governed by create > mask, directory mask, force create mode and force directory mode but the > boolean inherit permissions parameter overrides this. > > New directories inherit the mode of the parent directory, including bits > such as setgid. > > New files inherit their read/write bits from the parent directory. Their > execute bits continue to be determined by map archive , map hidden and map > system as usual. > > Note that the setuid bit is never set via inheritance (the code explicitly > prohibits this). > > This can be particularly useful on large systems with many users, perhaps > several thousand, to allow a single [homes] share to be used flexibly by > each user. > > See also create mask , directory mask, force create mode and force directory > mode . > > Default: inherit permissions = no > > > HTH > > Josh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan J Betz > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:27 PM > To: James Nord > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Samba] Controlling share create permissions > > > I have looked around on google for information on inherit permissions and > come up mostly dry. I can't find it in 'man smb.conf' either. Am I looking > in the wrong places? I would assume that if you set inherit permissions = > yes then files created in the share would inherit the permissions of the > parent directory, which is what I was looking for. Thanks again for the > help! > > Ryan > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >Ryan J Betz wrote: > > > >Is it possible to set default create permissions on certain directories > >within a share? ie. Create files in the share [something] /folder1/ as 744 > >but in /folder1/subfolder/ as 777. I thought of creating two shares and > >having the users manually go into the other share to save thier files, but > >confusion ensued. Thanks for any help! > > > >> > >>Look at inherit permissions. > >> > >>/James > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- Kohei Yoshida Municipal Engineering Services Co., P.A. 1140 Benson Hwy, Suite 220 Garner, NC 27529 (919) 772-5393 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba