Many thanks to you and Drew....I am the only user... Todd On 6/21/2011 11:05 PM, Anthony wrote: > On 06/22/2011 01:22 AM, Todd Cary wrote: >> Grasping a full understanding of setting default Users, Groups >> and Masks has alluded me over the years, but now I find myself in >> a situation where manually "setting" the file/directory >> attributes is becoming a pain. >> >> I understand the fundamentals of the file attributes, though from >> time to time I have to review the "sticky bit"; what I do not >> understand is where/how the attributes are set when a user >> creates or modifies a file/directory. Here is my situation: >> >> My /var/www/html files have been manually set by me to >> apache/apache 774. This allows my PHP applications to access the >> files, and I assume this is a "good" setting. > In your smb.conf file, add the following to the [sharename] section: > > force user = apache > force create mode = 0774 > > This should ensure that all files you dump in via samba are always owned > by apache with the proper permissions. I do this on servers that never > see the internet. If this is insecure, please enlighten me as said > servers may one day be made visible to the outside world... > > Ak. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com