samba - Jul 2000 - ownership problems on samba file server...

We have a fileserver running Redhat Linux 6.2, which is running samba 2.0.3.  We
have 6-12 users altering and creating files on this server.  They authenticate
through a Windows NT 4 (SP6) Domain server.  All their machines are Windows 98
second edition.  The majority of the drive is owned by a group called
"staff", which each user belongs to.  They seem to be able to modify
& save existing files without changing ownership, but, when they create a
new file, it saves with that user as owner/group.  Is there a way to modify this
at all?  Right now I find myself having to chown the affected directories
constantly so other users can modify the file without having to save it under a
different filename.  Can anybody offer me a better solution for this?  I
don't mind upgrading, but I don't want to go through the hassle if
it's not going to fix my problem.  Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,



Dan
Systems Administrator, AvSupport Online
http://www.PartsLogistics.com

On Sat, 8 Jul 2000 01:24:27 +1000, you wrote:

Please, word wrap you emails to 72 chars.
> without changing ownership, but, when they create a new file, 
>it saves with that user as owner/group.  Is there a way to modify
> this at all?  Right now I find myself having to chown the affected 
chown root.staff /path/share_topdir
chmod  2770 /path/share_topdir
with the setgid bit set the new files will belong to the staff group.

then is smb.conf
create mode = 0660
force create mode =  0660
directory mode = 2770
force directory mode = 2770
for that share

If the setgid bit trick does not work (it should) then use
force group = staff
in smb.conf

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