Simply removing force group and setting the dir's unix group owner to "parental". This should leave the children to read only > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Drescher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Kyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Samba] valid users and file permissions > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:45:30 -0400 > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Kyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi people, > > > > I'd like to understand valid users and file permissions better. I have a > > share which is not behaving as I expect. > > > > [family] > > path = /home/shares/family > > create mask = 0664 > > directory mask = 0775 > > force group = parental > > guest ok = No > > valid users = @parental, @family > > writeable = Yes > > > > in Group parental are mum & dad; in group family are mum, dad and offspring. > > > > With file permissions of 0664 and force group parental, I would expect the > > offspring to be able to browse the share but not write to or delete from it. > > Unfortunately, they can both write and delete. > > > Since you are using the force group, I believe that means that > everyone who connects to the share does that as the parental group so > they get read and write permissions. > > > How do I achieve this please? > > > I would get rid of the force group and use acls on the *nux filesystem > > John > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
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