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 Craig