[KLUG Members] samba directory settings

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> If I wanted a directory on a Samba server that everybody with an account
> could read and write to, and they could each read and write to a
> subdirectory that any one of them created, I figured I would set it in
> smb.conf to 
>    writeable = yes
>    create mask = 0776
> But, I'm not sure exactly how the create mask is operating on the
> directory and subdirectories.  Can anybody shed some light on this?

I prefer using force create mode

force create mode = 0666
force directory mode = 0777

thus all created files will be rw-rw-rw- and all created directories will be
rwxrwxrwx.  That should provide access to everything for all authenticated
users.  

You can also

force group = users

for instnance to make the group owner ship of all created files to be the group
users rather that the users actuall primary group (assuming these are
different).