[CentOS] Samba permissions problem

Thu Jul 17 13:08:55 UTC 2008
Kevin Thorpe <kevin at pricetrak.com>

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.