Hello, I am having a consistent, strange problem with file permissions when a file is written to a Samba share. I have the create mask set to 0700 as well as the directory mask. When I write a file to the share the permissions actually end up being 0770 (root is owner since i am an admin): -rwxrwx--- 1 root mis 0 Mar 21 08:36 test The same thing happens with an ordinary user. I am using Samba 2.2.3a. It worked with 2.2.2 and the only thing that I have done to the filesystem is add ACL support (according to the Docs, it will not screw up the UNIX permission bits). There is no unusual umask being set for the directory. Any ideas? Thanks for your help here is part of my smb.conf file: # Global parameters [global] workgroup = RLM netbios name = RLM server string = RLM Samba Server encrypt passwords = Yes unix password sync = Yes log level = 3 log file = /var/log/samba/log.all printcap name = cups addprinter command = /usr/bin/addprinter domain admin group = @mis logon script = %U.bat logon drive = x: domain logons = Yes os level = 33 preferred master = True domain master = True dns proxy = No wins support = Yes admin users = root @mis printer admin = root @mis printing = cups hide unreadable = Yes dos filemode = Yes dos filetimes = Yes [Blah] path = /mnt/rlm read only = No create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No share modes = No Jason Stewart Systems Administrator/Programmer Right to Life of Michigan Tel: (616)532-2300 Fax: (616)532-3461