Thank you to all those that have replied. I have resolved the problem by using:
force group = users force directory mode = 0770 inherit permissions = yes Regards, Brad On Sunday 19 January 2003 03:39, bri wrote: > I've been trying to figure out the same problem > > I've been investigating umask settings in /etc/bashrc, setting the setgid > bit on the directories with chmod and also using inherit permissions = yes > in the samba configuation file > > I've also tried the following smb.conf options: > create mask = 0770 > force create mode = 000 > directory mask = 2775 > > Let me know if you find a workable solution - I'm still searching > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Brad > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:32 AM > To: Sambauser mailing list > Subject: [Samba] Group file ownership... > > > We have a Red Hat 7.3 file server that serves about 30 Windows PCs via > Samba 2.2.3a. > > I have one group called "users" that everyone is in but when a file is > created > by a PC, the group ownership on the created file is not "users", but the > same > as the file owner name. Is there any way to force the group ownership of > created files? > > Also, is there any way to force file ownersip to a given user on newly > created > files? > > Regards, > Brad -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba