samba - Sep 2003 - What is the difference?

Hi
 
I am currently working on understanding Samba. I am reading the O'Reilly
book Using Samba, 2nd edition.
 
I have come across the options "create mask" and "force create
mode" and I'm
sorry to say I don't understand the difference between these two options.
 
Can anybody explain me the difference?
 
Egon Petersen

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Egon Petersen wrote:
> Hi
>  
> I have come across the options "create mask" and "force
create mode" and I'm
> sorry to say I don't understand the difference between these two
options.
create mask is a bit wise AND with the permissions to anything not set 
in the mask will not be in the final permission set.

force create mode is a bitwise OR so anything set in the mode will be 
included in the final permission set.

For example,

    create mask = 0644

means that group and other will not have write or execute permissions on 
ewly created files.  They might have read.

    force create mode = 0640

means that the owner will always have read-write permissions
and that group will always have write permissiom.

Hope this helps.



cheers, jerry
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