[linux-cifs-client] Re: linux-cifs-client Digest, Vol 35, Issue 13

[Steve French (smfltc)]

>I use CIFS in order to share homes between Linux clients and
>a Linux server. (Windows computers also use this share, and NFS isn't secure
>enough). Permissions seem to be inconsistent:
>
>If I use touch/vim create a file, it gets normal permissions - 644.
>But if I use wget/svn, it gets 755. Why? This is quite annoying with svn.
>(chmodding later works)
>
>File mask stays default - I want the user to be able to make a
>file executable if he wants.
>
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>
What is the "create mask" in your server's smb.conf (if "create mask" or 
equivalent e.g. "create mode" is not specified in smb.conf, new files 
will get mode 744 - I usually make it 0777)?