[CentOS] Samba permissions problem

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 09:26 -0400, Brett Serkez wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin at pricetrak.com> 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
> 
> I have this working with:
> 
> [example]
>         path = /home/example
>         writeable = yes
>         browseable = yes
>         create mask = 0775
>         force create mode = 0775
>         directory mask = 0775
>         force directory mode = 0775
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indeed and 'force group' is pointless.

chmod g+s /home/spendtrak

gets it done, neatly, cleanly and the recommended method

Craig