[CentOS] Samba permissions problem

Thu Jul 17 12:07:46 UTC 2008
Ned Slider <ned at unixmail.co.uk>

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