[Samba] file permissions

Brian Johnson bjohnson at jecinc.on.ca
Tue Feb 25 21:25:25 GMT 2003


What I've done to try to address this (and it seems to be working) is to:
1. add all of the users to a common group
2. chown the directory above the file to the group
3. chmod -R g+s the directory above the file
4. add    inherit permissions = yes to smb.conf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+bjohnson=jecinc.on.ca at lists.samba.org
> [mailto:samba-bounces+bjohnson=jecinc.on.ca at lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of
> Richard Clemens
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 16:10
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] file permissions
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am having problems with multiple users being able to access the same 
> file on a samba volume.
> 
> I tried assigning the three users and the document all to a single group 
> with no luck.
> 
> So far we have had to chmod 777 the doc just to be able to read it. 
>  when a change is made the doc is reverted to the last person who 
> changed it making it impossible for the next user  to edit it.  in 
> addition, the group is changed back to the original settings as well.  
> 
> TIA
> Rich
> 
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