[linux-cifs-client] unable to chmod

[Jeremy Allison]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 07:54:42PM +0200, Juran David wrote:
> 
> I think you misunderstood the question. I just stumbled upon this
> behaviour as well and the point is that this is not a create. The file
> already exists, but still the 'create mask' blocks the 'chmod' operation
> (regardless of the security mask). Is that intended?

Yes. "create mask" is a misnomer - it's a generic mask
on operations to ensure things filtered by the administrator
remain filtered.

Jeremy.