The parameter you want to set is "force create mode = 0777" or 0666 if you don't want to set the execute bit. this will affect files only, not directories. It's somewhat difficult to explain (and took me about 2 years to wrap my head around it.), but create mode will remove unwanted permission attributes, whereas force create mode will add permission attributes. For example, if you wanted to remove the word readable permission from new files, you would use create mode = 0740.
Also note that in unix terms, you have to make a file writable (as opposed to DOS, where you have to make files read-only.) It's a sublte difference, but can be a little confusing. ____________________________________________ Jun 17 11:26pm They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose. --English folk poem, circa 1764 On 18 Jun 2003, Usenet News wrote: I've recently installed a new server here. This is my first Samba install so I'm a newbie. We are using RH9 and Samba 2.2.7a. Everything with the transition from the old server to the new went great. I do seem to have one little bug though that I've been unable to work out. If one of the users copies the contents of a CD to the server the permissions for the folder and files copied are 755. That is that the Owner can RWX,but the group and others can only Read and Execute, but not write. I realize the the files and folders on the CD are Read only, but I would like to be able to have any member of the group be able to remove the read only properties from the files on the server from their windows workstations. A typical share in my smb.conf file looks something like so: [sales] path = /home/sales writeable = yes create mask = 0777 comment = Sales valid users = tweedledee, tweedledum, humptydumpty, horses, men Any help or pointers would be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba