[Samba] RE: Samba and file permission question

[Seth Harbeck]

No, but I do have a "create mask = 0644".  I thought that was just for 
new files though?  I'll check on the archive bit though, thanks for the 
tip on that..
Seth

Fredrik Ekengren wrote:
> 
> Do you have a "force create mode" set to 0666 in your smb.conf?
> I had problems with Samba changing permissions on existing files when my
> Windows-based backup program tried to reset the archive attribute.
> 
> // Fredrik
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We've been having problems with our virus scan (McAffe VirusScan)
> > changing the permissions on files it scans over a samba mount.  (It
> > sets most of them to 666, basically it just unsets the x bit.)
> >
> > This is turning in to a real pain since a lot of our people
> > have their
> > unix homes as mounted drives.  Has anyone seen or heard of
> > this before? I searched for quite a while for a reason or
> > solution but I wasn't
> > exactly sure what I was looking for so it was a bit difficult.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Seth
> >
> > ---
> > Seth Harbeck
> > Space Systems / Loral
> > 650-852-6649
> 
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