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Re: Samba and inherited permissions?



 You can set the umask, on a per-share basis. In smb.conf: 

   create mask = 0775 
   directory mask = 0775 
   inherit permissions = Yes 


On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Scott R. Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I have a samba server (CentOS) acting as a domain controller and several Win 
> XP workstations connected to the domain. 
> 
> When a user creates a file or folder in a shared folder on the central file 
> server, that object is read-only to everyone else.    I am not using ldap - 
> but may do so at some point in the future. 
> 
> Does samba have the ability to place people into a group, such that all 
> objects created in the shared space are openly available 
> (read/write/execute) to all users? At present, I need to log in and change 
> permissions via sudo. 
> 
> Thus far, I've google searching has only yielded a domain admin group, but I 
> don't want to give users admin rights - only shared access. 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Scott 
> 
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