Craig White wrote: > 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 >> > ---- > indeed and 'force group' is pointless. > > chmod g+s /home/spendtrak > > gets it done, neatly, cleanly and the recommended method > Still getting 0644 on the files when the parent dir is 0770...... odd It's wierd that the samba settings work fine for directories, but not the files.