My smb.conf looks like this: [public] comment = Public Share path = /share/public public = yes writeable = yes directory mode = 777 create mode = 666 When directories get created, they are masked 777, and files are masked 666. Hope that's what you're looking for. On 12 Dec 2002, Neil Loffhagen wrote: > Hi, > > Something is going wrong with the file permissions on our RH8 box > running Samba. We have set up a share that is being accessed by windows > 98 clients. When a client opens a file and changes it, it then becomes > the owner and the file is then read only for everyone one else and these > are files that need to be shared. I used the "chmon g+s directory" > which I think is supposed to make it so that all files created in the > directory maintain the same group membership. Which seems to be > happening, as when I do an ls -ls it shows the right group membership, > but still the file is becoming read only for everyone else. Is there > some way of setting the directory to have the same write permissions for > new files created as well as old ones modified? Or am I getting things > confused? > > Have read the RH Reference Guide and thought I understood it, but must > be missing something. > > Any pointers much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Neil. > > > > -- -------- Ben Brown xthor@xthorsworld.com http://www.xthorsworld.com/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list