[CentOS] Samba permissions problem
Ned Slider
ned at unixmail.co.uk
Thu Jul 17 13:28:27 UTC 2008
Kevin Thorpe wrote:
> Ned Slider wrote:
>> Kevin Thorpe wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have a permissions problem with a samba share which I really
>>> can't fathom out. I'm trying to create a fully group writable share.
>>> Easy or so I thought.
>>> As you can see from my config I am trying all the options to set
>>> files group writable, however when I create a file from the client
>>> I'm always getting the
>>> mode 0644. Does anyone have a clue why? Thanks!
>>>
>>> client:
>>> //database.pricetrak.com/spendtrak /home/spendtrak cifs
>>> username=webserver,password=twonkerlet,uid=apache,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770
>>> 0 0
>>>
>>> server:
>>> [spendtrak]
>>> comment = Spendtrak Files
>>> path = /home/spendtrak
>>> browseable = no
>>> writable = yes
>>> printable = no
>>> valid users = +spendtrak
>>> force group = spendtrak
>>> create mode = 0660
>>> create mask = 0660
>>> force create mode = 0660
>>> directory mode = 0770
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Here's how I used to achieve that type of scenario on CentOS 4:
>>
>> [Staff]
>> comment = Staff Share
>> path = /shares/staff
>> writeable = yes
>> valid users = +staff
>> force group = staff
>> force create mode = 0660
>> force directory mode = 0770
> I know - that's where I started - works fine for directories, but not
> for files. I can't fathom it out.
Did you use "force create mode" as opposed to "create mode" in your
original message?
I wonder if it's a *nix file permission thing. Maybe you need to
manually (re)set all file ownerships to spendtrak:spendtrak and take it
from there.
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