Unix systems have a default permission.. On most system, the default is User: Read-Write Group: Read Other: Read
Create mode is used to remove permissions. That is, any permission that is not in create mode gets removed. The default create mode is: User: Read-Write Group: None Other: Note Therefore, any file saved will only have user Read Write permissions. However, is you created a Create mode like this: User: Read-Write Group: Read-Write Other: None The result would be a file with these permissions: User: Read-Write Group: Read Other: None Even though create mode allowed a group write permission, the default unix permissions do not include it. Force Create Mode, however, will add permissions over and above the defaults. Force Create Mode is used to add permissions.. So, In summary Create mode will restrict file permissions. Force Create mode will give permissiosn. It should be noted, that Force Create Mode does not remove permission.. So, in as an Example Create Mode: User: Read-Write Group: Read Other: Read Force Create Mode: User: Read Group: None Other: None The result will be files that are: User: Read Write Group: Read Other: Read The only effect Force Create mode has is ensuring that the User alwasys has Read Permission, regardless of what the other parameters say. It does not remove permissions that were otherwise granted. If you always want Force Create Mode to dictate and force exactly the permissions you want, Change Create Mode to 000. That will strip out any default permissions, and only those that are then granted by Force create mode will apply. On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:13:22AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Excuse my ignorance please, and the simple nature of this questions...but > would someone explain to me the difference between the "create mode" and > "force create mode" parameters in the smb.conf file? When would "create > mode" *not* be forced? > > Thanks! > > Matthew > -- > 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
