We're running Samba 1.9.18p8 (non-PDC) on solaris 2.5.1. Everything works well except that file permissions are inconsistently assigned. Specifically, we are sharing users public_html directories which are mapped automatically by a policy when they logon a WinNT 4sp3 workstation so that a users can, theoretically, copy web pages from a diskette or other server to their web directories using windows instead of teaching 4000 students to use ftp and change permissions on the files. Some of the gloabal settings and the share definition are below. Despite including the create and directory information some users files are still assigned permissions like -rw-------, which is unaccessible from the web. Is there a way to garauntee that a file/directory will be created with the correct permissions or have I missed a step? Thanks, Nate Partenheimer Information Resources Butler University npartenh@butler.edu [global] security = server log level = 2 guest account = nobody homedir map = auto_home lock directory = /opt/samba/lock share modes = yes strict locking = yes preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes share modes = yes . .. .. [www] comment = Web Pages path = /home/%u/public_html browseable = yes guest ok = no read only = no force create mode = 0705 create mask = 0705 force directory mode = 0701 directory mask = 0701