File/directory permissions are controlled via the users umask. There is no way to over-ride this using directory permissions/bits. You could change all your users' umask to 007. SAMBA does have this feature though. You can force certain bits on or off on a share level. Quoting Jay Kline <list at slushpupie.com>: > > This works fine if all you ant is the is a file to be owned by a > particular > group, but what if you also want to change the umask for a particular > directory? Say you want your home directry so that no one else can read > your > stuff, but a shared "data" directory owned by "users" such that any file > > created in there would not only be ownend by users, but also writable by > > users? > > Jay > > On Thursday 07 February 2002 05:03 am, you wrote: > > Yea, the setuid/setgid bits are probably one of the more confusing > > aspects of a UNIX filesystem permissions. Basically you need to make > > the directory setgid, and set the group of the directory to whatever > > you want the files in it to be created as. > > > > # cd /tmp > > # mkdir test > > # chgrp audio test > > # chmod g+ws test > > > > joeuser$ touch /tmp/test/testfile > > joeuser$ ll /tmp/test/testfile > > total 0 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 cfandre audio 0 Feb 7 04:57 testfile > > > > Hmmm, maybe this would be a good topic at the next "newbie" meeting. > > ;-) > > > > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Tim Wilson wrote: > > > Hey everyone, > > > > > > Here's a very common sysadmin task that I want to make sure I do > exactly > > > right. My wife is home fulltime for the time being taking care of > our > > > new baby. While she's home she's got to use "my" computer. That > makes > > > her a Linux and KDE user by default. :-) I've got StarOffice all set > up > > > and she's having no trouble. > > > > > > I want to create a shared folder for "household" documents. Things > that > > > should be commonly owned by both of us. I've created a 'family' > group > > > and added the right user to the group, but I'm not sure how to set > up > > > the permission on the shared directory so that any files added > will > > > automatically have group ownership set to 'family'. <confession > > > type="bold">I never really have understood all the stuff about > sticky > > > bits very well.</confession> > > > > > > I figure that I'll just leave the new family folder in my account > and > > > symlink to it from her /home. > > > > > > Any suggestions or hints? > > > > > > -Tim > > > > > > -- > > > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > > > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com > > > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org > > > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > Jay Kline > list at slushpupie.com > http://www.slushpupie.com > -- > No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider the > furniture! > -- Sherlock Holmes > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >