On Mon Apr 04, 10:39am -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote: > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 03:11:01PM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > > I've found that I can't change the permissions on files to arbitrary > > values; they must not be greater than the bits specified in 'create > > mask' (and friends). The problem appears to be > > source/smbd/trans2.c:795 (function unix_perms_from_wire); I think it's > > applying lp_create_mask unconditionally (instead of just applying it > > when a file's being created - I suppose it doesn't know one way or > > another, of course). > > Yes, this is by design. If you want full client control over the > mode bits on a share you must set > > create mask = 0777
Hmm, okay - that, at least, explains why that's the way it works :) Thanks for the reply. Out of curiosity, though, do you know of any way to give full client control over the mode bits _without_ also effectively forcing the client's umask to 000? (Or is this a problem with the Linux cifs client module?) -- Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a while, you realise the pig is enjoying it. OpenPGP v4 key ID: 4096R/59DDCB9F Fingerprint: CC53 F124 35C0 7BC2 58FE 7A3C 157D DFD9 59DD CB9F Retreive from subkeys.pgp.net or risk key corruption -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba