[Samba] smb.conf setting for file permissions?

[Mike Eggleston]

On Fri, 23 May 2008, Jeremy Allison might have said:

> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 02:34:06PM -0500, Mike Eggleston wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 May 2008, Jeremy Allison might have said:
> > 
> > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 02:28:36PM -0500, Mike Eggleston wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 23 May 2008, John Drescher might have said:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Mike Eggleston <mikeegg1 at mac.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a very old version of samba on one of the boxes I'm not allowed
> > > > > > to update. I have a request from a user group that all the group be
> > > > > > allowed to edit a set of file. At the command line I 'chmod 666 $file'
> > > > > > and all is well. I can edit and save the file. The permissions return to
> > > > > > 744. I want the file permissions to not be changed when someone saves
> > > > > > a file. What parameter can I add to /etc/samba/smb.conf so that file
> > > > > > permissions are not changed when a file is save?
> > > > > >
> > > > > Are there any masks or force security commnds in the smb.conf?
> > > > 
> > > > Not that seem obvious to me.
> > > 
> > > What does the output of :
> > > 
> > > testparm -s -v | grep mask
> > > 
> > > say ?
> > 
> > Nothing that I can find.
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > ------------------------------
> > [root at ishwar root]# testparm -s | egrep -i 'mask|force'
> > Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
> > Processing section "[homes]"
> > Processing section "[ishwarhome]"
> > Processing section "[ishwar1]"
> > Processing section "[ishwar2]"
> > Processing section "[ishwar3]"
> > Processing section "[ishwar4]"
> > Processing section "[ishwarhtml]"
> > Loaded services file OK.
> > ------------------------------
> 
> You missed the '-v' to testparm. I want to see the defaults too.
> 
> Jeremy.

Yep, I did. Waste of bandwidth.

Mike

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[root at ishwar root]# testparm -s -v | egrep -i 'mask|force'
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[ishwarhome]"
Processing section "[ishwar1]"
Processing section "[ishwar2]"
Processing section "[ishwar3]"
Processing section "[ishwar4]"
Processing section "[ishwarhtml]"
Loaded services file OK.
	force user = 
	force group = 
	create mask = 0744
	force create mode = 00
	security mask = 0777
	force security mode = 00
	directory mask = 0755
	force directory mode = 00
	directory security mask = 0777
	force directory security mode = 00
	force unknown acl user = No
	force printername = No
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