samba - Dec 2004 - File permissions changing

Hi all,

This doesn't happen with UNIX so I am at a loss.  I've got a directory
where
the directory mode is 770.  All the files within it were manually set to 660 
permissions and the create mode on the share is 660.  However, when a user 
opens a file, changes it, and saves it, they become the owner (ok) and the 
mode becomes 640!  Hence, the next person comes to me and says "That file
is
read-only again!"  What is going on here?  I can understand the permissions
reverting while someone is IN the file, but shouldn't they go back when they
close it?

Samba 3.0.9, Linux 2.6.5.

Misty

Does this affect all applications or specific ones only? Have you tried simply
echo'ing to a non-existing file from the workstation and then looking at the
resulting settings on the file created? I
just did that for a share with the create mask of 666 and did receive 666. Some
apps do fancy things with temp files and renaming which has caused errors with
Samba in the past, but that should be
cleared up these days.

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