This may not be the best from a security perspective but as you use samba, why not just set it to force the correct user, group and mask setting for that share? My server at home is setup that way and it works just fine. -Drew On 06/21/2011, Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> 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. > > Now, my server is connected via Samba to my desktop. If I create > a file, it is todd/todd 744, so Apache cannot access them. > > If PHP (Apache) creates or modifies a file, it is apache/apache > 755, so I cannot access them (Write/Delete). > > Is there a way to resolve this? When I FTP to a friend's > rent-a-server, I can read/write/delete all of the files I have > placed there *and* the same for files touched by PHP (Apache). > > My Linux Admin books as well as my Linux books do not appear to > cover this and/or my experience is lacking. > > Todd > > -- > Ariste Software > Petaluma, CA 94952 > > http://www.aristesoftware.com > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie "This started out as a hobby and spun horribly out of control." -Unknown