To get "force create mode" and "force directory mode" to work with cifs clients try setting "unix extensions = no" in your smb.conf. It worked for me. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-clients%2C-%22force-*-mode%22-tp15573503p15612688.html Sent from the Samba - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.