[UniMacTech] default permissions for smb shares on 10.5?

[Andrew Wellington]

Darryl,

You can configure the mask in the GUI in 10.5 if you want it the same  
for files and directories:
1. Open Server Admin and connect to server
2. Click the File Sharing tab
3. Select your share and in the "Share Point" tab at the bottom, click  
Protocol Options
4. In the SMB tab set the Default permissions for new files & folders

You can configure this from the command line using the "sharing" tool,  
and the -c and -d options. You can read the manpage for sharing for  
more information:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sharing.1.html

And for the curious, the information about each share is stored in / 
var/samba/shares in 10.5.

Regards,
Andrew

On 14/03/2008, at 1:44 PM, Darryl Rosin wrote:
>
> I'm trying to change the default permissions for files and folders  
> created by windows/smb clients on a 10.5 server. I've been poking  
> around in /etc/smb.conf but adding 'create mask' and 'directory  
> mask' commands in the globals section ain't working. Also, I can;t  
> find where the sharepoints are actually described. Is there a neat  
> little reference where I can read up on it?
>

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