[Samba] Mac OS 10.5 seems to change permissions on files

Brian Gregorcy brian.gregorcy at utah.edu
Thu Jan 15 19:27:21 GMT 2009


Add this to the global section:

> unix extensions                 = no


Stuart Reedy wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> We have an issue using Mac OS 10.5 with our Samba shares connected via 
> cifs://server/Sharename.  From what I can tell, when the Mac writes a 
> file the permissions are correct (0660). Then it seems to change the 
> permission to 0644, defeating the whole point of shared files.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered this and, perhaps, found a work-around?
> 
> Server Info:
> Samba 3.0.33 (Slackware package)
> Slackware 11.0
> 
> smb.conf:
> [global]
>         workgroup = WG
>         server string = Samba Server
>         interfaces = x.x.x.x/16
>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>         unix password sync = Yes
>         ldap ssl = no
>         hosts allow = x.x., 127.0.0.1
>         ea support = Yes
>         veto files = /.DS_Store/._.*/DesktopFolderDB/Network Trash
> Folder/resource.frk/TheFindByContentFolder/TheVolumeSettingsFolder/
>         delete veto files = true
> --==SNIP==--
> [Sharename]
>         path = /path/ShareName
>         valid users = @somegroup
>         write list = @somegroup
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0660
>         directory mask = 0770
>         force create mode = 0660
>         force directory mode = 0770
> 
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
> Stu...


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