redhat9, samba 3.0.2a-1 as pdc, wins, xp-pro domain clients, smbpasswd backend. all files created get stock 744 perms directories created in the samba share get 755 I cant seem to over-ride these? I would like 770 my share definition has.. [share] path = /mypath valid users = @staff writable = yes inherit permissions = yes the top level dir is set to 770. I tried create mask = 770, directory mask = 770 ..no effect. funny how "inherit perms" worked fine in samba2.2.7 I must be missing something obvious here? please reply as i'm not currently subscribed. thanks, Richard.